Cell Phone

"Cell Phone" 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.

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Analog or digital communications device in which the user has a wireless connection from a telephone to a nearby transmitter. It is termed cellular because the service area is divided into multiple "cells." As the user moves from one cell area to another, the call is transferred to the local transmitter.

Descriptor ID	D040421
MeSH Number(s)	L01.178.847.698.300
Concept/Terms	Cell Phone Cell Phone Phone, Cell Phones, Cell Cellular Phone Cellular Phones Phone, Cellular Phones, Cellular Telephone, Cellular Cellular Telephone Cellular Telephones Telephones, Cellular Cell Phones Portable Cellular Phone Portable Cellular Phone Cellular Phone, Portable Cellular Phones, Portable Portable Cellular Phones Transportable Cellular Phone Transportable Cellular Phone Cellular Phone, Transportable Cellular Phones, Transportable Transportable Cellular Phones Mobile Phone Mobile Phone Mobile Phones Phone, Mobile Phones, Mobile Mobile Telephone Mobile Telephones Telephone, Mobile Telephones, Mobile Car Phone Car Phones Phone, Car Phones, Car

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cell Phone".

Information Science [L]
Information Science [L01]
Communications Media [L01.178]
Telecommunications [L01.178.847]
Telephone [L01.178.847.698]
Cell Phone [L01.178.847.698.300]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Cell Phone".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Cell Phone".

Cell Phone
Text Messaging

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cell Phone" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cell Phone" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 37 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	2	0	2
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	1	2
2011	2	0	2
2012	9	0	9
2013	1	1	2
2014	3	0	3
2015	5	0	5
2016	1	0	1
2017	1	1	2
2018	1	0	1
2019	2	1	3
2021	1	0	1
2022	2	0	2
2025	1	0	1

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Mathew PJ, Graetz E, Alouidor R, Pinto F, Aunchman AF, Kaafarani HM, Proa?o-Zamudio JA, Keating J, Lueckel SN, Moutinho MA, Schneider E, Schuster KM. Cell Phone Activity and Trauma Patient Volume in New England Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma Study. J Am Coll Surg. 2025 Nov 01; 241(5):896-903.

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Fortuna KL, Kadakia A, Cosco TD, Rotondi A, Nicholson J, Mois G, Myers AL, Hamilton J, Brewer LC, Collins-Pisano C, Barr P, Hudson MF, Joseph K, Mullaly C, Booth M, Lebby S, Walker R. Guidelines to Establish an Equitable Mobile Health Ecosystem. Psychiatr Serv. 2023 04 01; 74(4):393-400.

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Morais MCC, Silva D, Milagre MM, de Oliveira MT, Pereira T, Silva JS, Costa LDF, Minoprio P, Junior RMC, Gazzinelli R, de Lana M, Nakaya HI. Automatic detection of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi in blood smears using a machine learning approach applied to mobile phone images. PeerJ. 2022; 10:e13470.

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Ayer R, Poudel KC, Kikuchi K, Ghimire M, Shibanuma A, Jimba M. Nurse-Led Mobile Phone Voice Call Reminder and On-Time Antiretroviral Pills Pick-Up in Nepal: A Randomized Controlled Trial. AIDS Behav. 2021 Jun; 25(6):1923-1934.

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Greenberg-Worisek AJ, Kurani S, Finney Rutten LJ, Blake KD, Moser RP, Hesse BW. Tracking Healthy People 2020 Internet, Broadband, and Mobile Device Access Goals: An Update Using Data From the Health Information National Trends Survey. J Med Internet Res. 2019 06 24; 21(6):e13300.

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Raber I, McCarthy CP, Yeh RW. Health Insurance and Mobile Health Devices: Opportunities and Concerns. JAMA. 2019 May 14; 321(18):1767-1768.

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McManus DD, Trinquart L, Benjamin EJ, Manders ES, Fusco K, Jung LS, Spartano NL, Kheterpal V, Nowak C, Sardana M, Murabito JM. Design and Preliminary Findings From a New Electronic Cohort Embedded in the Framingham Heart Study. J Med Internet Res. 2019 03 01; 21(3):e12143.

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Muni K, Kobusingye O, Mock C, Hughes JP, Hurvitz PM, Guthrie B. Motorcycle taxi programme increases safe riding behaviours among its drivers in Kampala, Uganda. Inj Prev. 2020 02; 26(1):5-10.

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Goenka C, Lewis W, Chevres-Fern?ndez LR, Ortega-Mart?nez A, Ibarra-Silva E, Williams M, Franco W. Mobile phone-based UV fluorescence microscopy for the identification of fungal pathogens. Lasers Surg Med. 2019 02; 51(2):201-207.

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Webber CJ, O'Hea EC, Abar B, Bock B, Boudreaux ED. Ecological momentary assessment and first smoking cessation lapse after an acute cardiac event: A pilot study. J Health Psychol. 2020 07; 25(8):1076-1081.

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