"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 | 21 | 25 | 46 |
| 2006 | 16 | 22 | 38 |
| 2007 | 28 | 20 | 48 |
| 2008 | 34 | 28 | 62 |
| 2009 | 24 | 35 | 59 |
| 2010 | 37 | 47 | 84 |
| 2011 | 44 | 55 | 99 |
| 2012 | 38 | 65 | 103 |
| 2013 | 61 | 56 | 117 |
| 2014 | 56 | 60 | 116 |
| 2015 | 52 | 86 | 138 |
| 2016 | 73 | 66 | 139 |
| 2017 | 47 | 82 | 129 |
| 2018 | 44 | 79 | 123 |
| 2019 | 41 | 67 | 108 |
| 2020 | 52 | 63 | 115 |
| 2021 | 25 | 24 | 49 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Developing Countries" by people in Profiles.
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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.
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Telemedicine interventions for hypertension management in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. PLoS One. 2021; 16(7):e0254222.
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Current status of health systems financing and oversight for end-stage kidney disease care: a cross-sectional global survey. BMJ Open. 2021 07 09; 11(7):e047245.
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Towards racial equity in global mental health research. Lancet Psychiatry. 2021 07; 8(7):553-555.
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Where are the regional gaps in the scientific evidence? Lancet Psychiatry. 2021 07; 8(7):557-559.
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Research capacity of global health institutions in China: a gap analysis focusing on their collaboration with other low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 07; 6(7).
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Cost of vaccine delivery strategies in low- and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccine. 2021 08 16; 39(35):5046-5054.
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Potentially Avertable Child Mortality Associated with Surgical Workforce Scale-up in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Global Study. World J Surg. 2021 09; 45(9):2643-2652.