"Urbanization" 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.
The process whereby a society changes from a rural to an urban way of life. It refers also to the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas.
| Descriptor ID |
D014507
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.853.400.726
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| Concept/Terms |
Central City- Central City
- Central Cities
- Cities, Central
- City, Central
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urbanization" by people in Profiles.
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Dietary patterns and their socio-demographic correlates in the context of migration and urbanisation demonstrate nutrition transitions in South Africa. Glob Public Health. 2024 01; 19(1):2375541.
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Implications of COVID-19 control measures for diet and physical activity, and lessons for addressing other pandemics facing rapidly urbanising countries. Glob Health Action. 2020 12 31; 13(1):1810415.
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Autozygosity influences cardiometabolic disease-associated traits in the AWI-Gen sub-Saharan African study. Nat Commun. 2020 11 13; 11(1):5754.
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Dimensions of internal migration and their relationship to blood pressure in South Africa. J Biosoc Sci. 2019 11; 51(6):827-842.
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Migration and the epidemiological transition: insights from the Agincourt sub-district of northeast South Africa. Glob Health Action. 2014; 7:23514.
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Haemostatic profile of the San (Bushmen) relocated to Schmidtsdrif. S Afr Med J. 1998 Jun; 88(6):715-6.
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Pathogenesis of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in the black population of southern Africa. Lancet. 1992 Aug 22; 340(8817):460-2.
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'Birth to Ten'--pilot studies to test the feasibility of a birth cohort study investigating the effects of urbanisation in South Africa. S Afr Med J. 1991 Apr 20; 79(8):449-54.