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

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

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 1551 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 106 publications in 2020

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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	21	22
2004	4	26	30
2005	4	43	47
2006	2	33	35
2007	6	50	56
2008	4	66	70
2009	2	68	70
2010	6	74	80
2011	3	58	61
2012	13	67	80
2013	16	72	88
2014	11	71	82
2015	14	75	89
2016	13	71	84
2017	16	60	76
2018	14	78	92
2019	18	84	102
2020	12	94	106
2021	5	64	69
2022	1	26	27
2023	0	24	24
2024	0	61	61
2025	0	48	48

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

Friedmann PD, Wilson D, Stopka TJ, Bernson D, Pivovarova E, Ferguson W, Hoskinson RA, Rottapel RE, Bovell-Ammon B, Gaba A, Morgan JR, Senst T, Hayes E, Evans EA. Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in County Jails - Outcomes after Release. N Engl J Med. 2025 Sep 11; 393(10):994-1003.

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Landsteiner I, Masri A, Saberi S, Maron MS, McGinnis SL, Griskowitz C, Newlands CE, Barriales-Villa R, Owens AT, Lewis GD. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing for Characterization of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Meta-Analysis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Sep 02; 14(17):e039551.

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Chang AB, Gray DM, Boonjindasup W, Irwin RS, Feng W, Beltet?n E, Fortescue R, Powell Z, Shaheen SO, Dharmage SC, Grimwood K. The impact of child and adolescent health on adult respiratory health: the evidence, gaps and priorities. Eur Respir Rev. 2025 Jul; 34(177).

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Choi H, Han K, Jung JH, De Soyza A, Kim H, Shin DW, Lee H. Impact of rheumatoid arthritis, seropositivity and disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs on mortality risk in bronchiectasis. Ther Adv Respir Dis. 2025 Jan-Dec; 19:17534666251360071.

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Wang K, Shi Y, Gebreyesus TG, Ma N, Zhu X, Tong L, Zhao L, Dong S, Xiao H. Size Distributions and Health Risks of Atmospheric Particulate Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in an Inland Urban Area of Baoding, China. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2025 Jul 18; 115(2):18.

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Yang Y, Br?nn E, Zhou J, Wei D, Bergstedt J, Fang F, Valdimarsd?ttir UA, Bertone-Johnson E, Lu D. Premenstrual disorders and risk of cardiovascular diseases. Nat Cardiovasc Res. 2025 Aug; 4(8):1001-1010.

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Chung C, Lee KN, Shin DW, Lee SW, Han K. Serum ?-glutamyl transferase as a novel risk indicator for lung cancer: insights from four million Koreans. Respir Res. 2025 Jul 10; 26(1):242.

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Caron E, Yadavalli SD, Darling J, Van Galen I, Park J, Guetter CR, Bloch R, Davis RB, Shean K, Jones DW, Conrad MF, Cronenwett JL, Schermerhorn ML. Predictors of postoperative stroke after transfemoral carotid artery stenting. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Oct; 82(4):1275-1287.e4.

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Lu X, Andersen EF, Banerjee R, Eno CC, Gonzales PR, Kumar S, Lager AM, Miron PM, Pugh T, Quintero-Rivera F, Thurston VC, Wolff DJ, Zhao J, Fonseca R, Baughn LB. Guidelines for the testing and reporting of cytogenetic results for risk stratification of multiple myeloma: a report of the Cancer Genomics Consortium Plasma Cell Neoplasm Working Group. Blood Cancer J. 2025 Jun 18; 15(1):86.

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Makwana B, Khadke S, Kumar A, Nasir K, Wadhera R, Shah R, Sheth S, Kong Y, Navas-Acien A, Adamkiewicz G, Rajagopalan S, Al-Kindi S, Dani SS, Moffatt-Bruce S, Ganatra S. Marine Microplastic Levels and the Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Diseases in US Coastline Counties. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Jul; 14(13):e039891.

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