"Police" 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.
Agents of the law charged with the responsibility of maintaining and enforcing law and order among the citizenry.
| Descriptor ID |
D016495
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.526.373.750 M01.526.760
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| Concept/Terms |
Law Enforcement Officers- Law Enforcement Officers
- Enforcement Officer, Law
- Enforcement Officers, Law
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Officer, Law Enforcement
- Officers, Law Enforcement
Police Officers- Police Officers
- Officer, Police
- Officers, Police
- Police Officer
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Police" by people in this website by year, and whether "Police" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Police" by people in Profiles.
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Petreca VG, Barros JT, Popp A, Burgess AA, Harding SL. Keeping crisis from becoming an emergency: Predictors of ED diversion in police-led behavioral health responses. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2025 Apr; 55:151860.
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Kavanaugh A, Pietruszka V, Rynczak D, Blanding D. Taking the next step in Miranda evaluations: Considering racial trauma and the impact of prior police contact. Law Hum Behav. 2023 02; 47(1):249-259.
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Guina J, Dornfeld B, Pinals DA. A 20-year follow-up survey of police officers' experience with Tarasoff warnings: How law enforcement reacts to clinicians' duty to protect. Behav Sci Law. 2022 Jul; 40(4):505-513.
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An DTM, Hoat LN, Son DT, Toan DT, Minh LN, Mai PV, Minh HV. Multilevel Analysis of 24-Hour Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, and Associated Factors among Police Officers in Hanoi, Vietnam. Biomed Res Int. 2020; 2020:7494906.
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Korre M, Loh K, Eshleman EJ, Lessa FS, Porto LG, Christophi CA, Kales SN. Recruit fitness and police academy performance: a prospective validation study. Occup Med (Lond). 2019 Dec 31; 69(8-9):541-548.
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Shakya KM, Peltier RE, Zhang Y, Pandey BD. Roadside Exposure and Inflammation Biomarkers among a Cohort of Traffic Police in Kathmandu, Nepal. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 01 29; 16(3).
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Swanson JW, Belden CM. The Link Between Mental Illness and Being Subjected to Crime in Denmark vs the United States: How Much Do Poverty and the Safety Net Matter? JAMA Psychiatry. 2018 07 01; 75(7):669-670.
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Griswold MK, Crawford SL, Perry DJ, Person SD, Rosenberg L, Cozier YC, Palmer JR. Experiences of Racism and Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration Among First-Time Mothers of the Black Women's Health Study. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2018 12; 5(6):1180-1191.
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Tejera D, Heneka MT. United Again: STING and the Police. Neuron. 2017 12 20; 96(6):1207-1208.
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Shusko M, Benedetti L, Korre M, Eshleman EJ, Farioli A, Christophi CA, Kales SN. Recruit Fitness as a Predictor of Police Academy Graduation. Occup Med (Lond). 2017 Oct 01; 67(7):555-561.