Risk Assessment

"Risk Assessment" 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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The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988)

Descriptor ID	D018570
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.740.600.800.715 N04.452.871.715 N05.715.360.750.625.700.690 N06.850.505.715 N06.850.520.830.600.800.715
Concept/Terms	Risk Assessment Risk Assessment Assessments, Risk Risk Assessments Health Risk Assessment Assessment, Health Risk Assessments, Health Risk Health Risk Assessments Risk Assessment, Health Risk Assessments, Health Assessment, Risk Risks and Benefits Risks and Benefits Benefits and Risks Benefit-Risk Assessment Benefit-Risk Assessment Assessment, Benefit-Risk Assessments, Benefit-Risk Benefit Risk Assessment Benefit-Risk Assessments Risk-Benefit Assessment Assessment, Risk-Benefit Assessments, Risk-Benefit Risk Benefit Assessment Risk-Benefit Assessments

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Statistics as Topic [E05.318.740]
Probability [E05.318.740.600]
Risk [E05.318.740.600.800]
Risk Assessment [E05.318.740.600.800.715]
Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Risk Management [N04.452.871]
Risk Assessment [N04.452.871.715]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Statistics as Topic [N05.715.360.750]
Probability [N05.715.360.750.625]
Risk [N05.715.360.750.625.700]
Risk Assessment [N05.715.360.750.625.700.690]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Risk Assessment [N06.850.505.715]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Statistics as Topic [N06.850.520.830]
Probability [N06.850.520.830.600]
Risk [N06.850.520.830.600.800]
Risk Assessment [N06.850.520.830.600.800.715]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Risk Assessment".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Risk Assessment".

Risk Assessment
Adverse Outcome Pathways
Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis

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

Bar chart showing 1578 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 95 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	0	3	3
1998	0	3	3
1999	1	6	7
2000	3	8	11
2001	2	6	8
2002	4	15	19
2003	1	22	23
2004	4	26	30
2005	4	42	46
2006	2	34	36
2007	6	51	57
2008	3	66	69
2009	2	64	66
2010	6	70	76
2011	3	60	63
2012	13	69	82
2013	16	71	87
2014	11	71	82
2015	15	75	90
2016	12	70	82
2017	17	63	80
2018	14	77	91
2019	15	80	95
2020	11	77	88
2021	5	55	60
2022	1	23	24
2023	0	21	21
2024	0	65	65
2025	0	82	82
2026	0	31	31

Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk Assessment" by people in Profiles.

Ling Y, Hu Q, Liu F, Wang K, Huang C, Shi J, Ke J, Luo Q, Xue Y, Liu C, Cai M, Xiao H, Huang C. Distribution and risk assessment of organophosphorus pesticides in two suburban watersheds in Eastern China. Environ Toxicol Chem. 2026 Jul 01; 45(7):1774-1788.

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Karlsson E, Dal?n M, Svenarud P, Carlest?l E, Ivert T. Outcome after cardiac surgery in Jehovah's Witnesses. Scand Cardiovasc J. 2026 Dec; 60(1):2690764.

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Hamel AP, Orwig T, Tran BN, Vogt B, Senser E, Hegde S, Kovell L, Lee JA, Parker MW, Fitzgibbons T, McManus DD, Tran KT. Epicardial fat is associated with prevalent heart failure and adverse cardiac remodeling in atrial fibrillation. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2026 Jun 13; 26(1).

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Brandon AS, Murphy BS, Nam Y, McClelland RL, Huang S, Hershey MS, Besser LM, Forrester SN, Bancks MP, DeFilippis AP. The Association of the Social Deprivation Index With the Development of Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Am J Cardiol. 2026 Aug 15; 273:97-105.

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Kramer CM, Kolm P, DiMarco JP, Desai MY, Ho CY, Kwong RY, Dolman SF, Desvigne-Nickens P, Geller N, Kim DY, Schulz-Menger J, Friedrich MG, Maron MS, Appelbaum E, Link MS, Francis GS, Greenberg B, Jerosch-Herold M, Piechnik S, Mahmod M, Raman B, Jacoby DL, Baldassare LA, White JA, Chiribiri A, Helms AS, Choudhury L, Michels M, Bradlow WM, Salerno M, Heitner SB, Masri A, Prasad SK, Mohiddin SA, Plein S, Madias C, Mahrholdt H, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Nightingale AK, Weinsaft JW, Kim HW, McCann GP, van Rossum A, Germans T, Williamson EE, Geske JB, Flett AS, Dawson D, Mongeon FP, Olivotto I, Crean AM, Woo A, Owens AT, Anderson L, Sharma S, Biagini E, Newby DE, Andre F, Berry C, Kim B, Larose E, Abraham TP, Hays AG, Sherrid MV, Gelfand EV, Nagueh SF, Rimoldi O, Camici P, Elstein E, Autore C, Watkins H, Weintraub WS, Neubauer S. Predictors of Long-Term Outcomes in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: The NHLBI HCM Registry. JAMA. 2026 Jun 09; 335(22):1959-1969.

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Boudreaux ED, Lee HS, Larkin C, Davis-Martin R, Beiser DG, Gibbons R. Risk Rulers for Rapid Screening and Detection of Suicide Risk in Acute Care. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2026 Jun; 56(3):e70112.

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Oakes K, Port J, Furer A, Ehrhardt-Humbert L, John K, Chee J, Infeld M, Homoud M, Madias C, Chalhoub F, Heist EK, Rozen G. Proper Use of the National Inpatient Sample Database to Analyze Safety of Cardiovascular Procedures. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 06 02; 15(11):e047611.

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Sawalha K, Abughazaleh S, Gobeil K, Fox M, Rozen G, Heist EK, Chalhoub F. Safety and Outcomes of Intracardiac Versus Transesophageal Echocardiography for Left Atrial Appendage Closure in the Very Elderly: Propensity Score Matched Real-World Outcomes From a Large US Network. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2026 Jun; 19(6):e014864.

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Boudreaux ED, Ardelean AJ, Davis-Martin RE, Kelly L, Betz M. Suicide risk among emergency care patients: Exploring incidental risk detection during routine care. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2026 Jul-Aug; 101:82-92.

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Reddington H, Shafique S, Palleiko B, Bludevich B, Crawford A, Maxfield M, Uy KF, Emmerick ICM, Lou F. The Modified Frailty Index and Its Association With Esophagectomy Outcomes. J Surg Res. 2026 Aug; 324:20-26.

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