"Altitude" 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.
A vertical distance measured from a known level on the surface of a planet or other celestial body.
| Descriptor ID |
D000531
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.500.275.058 N06.230.058
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Altitude" by people in Profiles.
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Early Online. S Afr Med J. 2024 Jul 19; 114(7):e2109.
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Adjusting Haemoglobin Values for Altitude Maximizes Combined Sensitivity and Specificity to Detect Iron Deficiency among Women of Reproductive Age in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nutrients. 2020 Feb 27; 12(3).
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Health need assessment in an indigenous high-altitude population living on an island in Lake Titicaca, Perú. Int J Equity Health. 2019 06 18; 18(1):94.
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Signatures of local adaptation in lowland and highland teosintes from whole-genome sequencing of pooled samples. Mol Ecol. 2017 May; 26(10):2738-2756.
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African cycling: dormant to dominant? Br J Sports Med. 2015 Aug; 49(15):965-6.
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Normal haematological reference values in the adult black population of the Witwatersrand. S Afr Med J. 1987 Jul 18; 72(2):135-6.