"Developing Countries" 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.
Countries in the process of change directed toward economic growth, that is, an increase in production, per capita consumption, and income. The process of economic growth involves better utilization of natural and human resources, which results in a change in the social, political, and economic structures.
Concept/Terms
Developing Countries- Developing Countries
- Countries, Developing
- Country, Developing
- Developing Country
- Under-Developed Countries
- Countries, Under-Developed
- Country, Under-Developed
- Under Developed Countries
- Under-Developed Country
- Third-World Nations
- Nation, Third-World
- Nations, Third-World
- Third World Nations
- Third-World Nation
- Less-Developed Nations
- Less Developed Nations
- Less-Developed Nation
- Nation, Less-Developed
- Nations, Less-Developed
- Developing Nations
- Developing Nation
- Nation, Developing
- Nations, Developing
- Under-Developed Nations
- Nation, Under-Developed
- Nations, Under-Developed
- Under Developed Nations
- Under-Developed Nation
- Less-Developed Countries
- Countries, Less-Developed
- Country, Less-Developed
- Less Developed Countries
- Less-Developed Country
- Third-World Countries
- Countries, Third-World
- Country, Third-World
- Third World Countries
- Third-World Country
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Developing Countries".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Developing Countries".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Developing Countries" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Developing Countries" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1991 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1992 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 1993 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 1994 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 1995 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 1996 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1997 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 1998 | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2000 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2001 | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| 2002 | 12 | 18 | 30 |
| 2003 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| 2004 | 20 | 14 | 34 |
| 2005 | 19 | 25 | 44 |
| 2006 | 16 | 22 | 38 |
| 2007 | 28 | 20 | 48 |
| 2008 | 34 | 28 | 62 |
| 2009 | 24 | 35 | 59 |
| 2010 | 37 | 47 | 84 |
| 2011 | 44 | 56 | 100 |
| 2012 | 38 | 65 | 103 |
| 2013 | 61 | 55 | 116 |
| 2014 | 56 | 60 | 116 |
| 2015 | 52 | 86 | 138 |
| 2016 | 72 | 68 | 140 |
| 2017 | 48 | 81 | 129 |
| 2018 | 44 | 79 | 123 |
| 2019 | 41 | 69 | 110 |
| 2020 | 53 | 64 | 117 |
| 2021 | 31 | 32 | 63 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Developing Countries" by people in Profiles.
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Impacts of school feeding on educational and health outcomes of school-age children and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Glob Health. 2021; 11:04051.
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Simplified models to assess newborn gestational age in low-middle income countries: findings from a multicountry, prospective cohort study. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 09; 6(9).
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Critical care service delivery across healthcare systems in low-income and low-middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2021 08 30; 11(8):e048423.
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Predictors of patient-reported quality of care in low- and middle-income countries: a four-country survey of person-centered care. Int J Qual Health Care. 2021 Aug 20; 33(3).
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The impact of scaling up access to treatment and imaging modalities on global disparities in breast cancer survival: a simulation-based analysis. Lancet Oncol. 2021 09; 22(9):1301-1311.
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What are the obligations of pharmaceutical companies in a global health emergency? Lancet. 2021 09 11; 398(10304):1015-1020.
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A blueprint for prioritising preventable stillbirths in low- to middle-income settings. BJOG. 2021 10; 128(11):1774.
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Body-mass index and diabetes risk in 57 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative, individual-level data in 685?616 adults. Lancet. 2021 07 17; 398(10296):238-248.
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Mortality from gastrointestinal congenital anomalies at 264 hospitals in 74 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: a multicentre, international, prospective cohort study. Lancet. 2021 07 24; 398(10297):325-339.
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School-based interventions targeting double burden of malnutrition and educational outcomes of adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review. Syst Rev. 2021 07 10; 10(1):204.