"Adoption" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation.
| Descriptor ID |
D000300
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.853.150.140
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Adoption" by people in this website by year, and whether "Adoption" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adoption" by people in Profiles.
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Gorman JR, Whitcomb BW, Standridge D, Malcarne VL, Romero SA, Roberts SA, Su HI. Adoption consideration and concerns among young adult female cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv. 2017 02; 11(1):149-157.
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Wolf ER, Beste S, Barr E, Wallace J, McFarland EJ, Abzug MJ, Darrow J, Melvin A. Health Outcomes of International HIV-infected Adoptees in the US. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Apr; 35(4):422-7.
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Mick E, Faraone SV. Genetics of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2008 Apr; 17(2):261-84, vii-viii.
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Lin SH, Cermak S, Coster WJ, Miller L. The relation between length of institutionalization and sensory integration in children adopted from Eastern Europe. Am J Occup Ther. 2005 Mar-Apr; 59(2):139-47.