Nuclear Weapons

"Nuclear Weapons" 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.

MeSH information

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A weapon that derives its destructive force from nuclear fission and/or fusion.

Descriptor ID

D054043

MeSH Number(s)

J01.637.870.575

J01.637.870.900.575

Concept/Terms

Nuclear Weapons

Hydrogen Bombs

Nuclear Weapons Testing

Atomic Bombs

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Nuclear Weapons".

Technology, Industry, Agriculture [J]
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture [J01]
Manufactured Materials [J01.637]
Weapons [J01.637.870]
Nuclear Weapons [J01.637.870.575]
Weapons of Mass Destruction [J01.637.870.900]
Nuclear Weapons [J01.637.870.900.575]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Nuclear Weapons" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Nuclear Weapons" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 16 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2008	1	0	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	8	0	8
2012	0	1	1
2014	2	0	2
2015	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Nuclear Weapons" by people in Profiles.

O'Brien SJ, Galandiuk S. Reply to: Atomic bomb and CRISPR gene editing technology. Surgery. 2019 11; 166(5):956.

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Park JJ, Park KB, Shafik N. Nuclear war and public health: rebalancing priorities and global health leadership. Lancet. 2017 10 14; 390(10104):1733-1734.

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Burkle FM, Dallas CE. Developing a Nuclear Global Health Workforce Amid the Increasing Threat of a Nuclear Crisis. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2016 Feb; 10(1):129-44.

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Christiani DC. Radiation risk from lung cancer screening: glowing in the dark? Chest. 2014 Mar 01; 145(3):439-40.

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McCunney RJ, Li J. Radiation risks in lung cancer screening programs: a comparison with nuclear industry workers and atomic bomb survivors. Chest. 2014 Mar 01; 145(3):618-24.

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Mendoza AE, Neely CJ, Charles AG, Kartchner LB, Brickey WJ, Khoury AL, Sempowski GD, Ting JP, Cairns BA, Maile R. Radiation combined with thermal injury induces immature myeloid cells. Shock. 2012 Nov; 38(5):532-42.

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Murrain-Hill P, Coleman CN, Hick JL, Redlener I, Weinstock DM, Koerner JF, Black D, Sanders M, Bader JL, Forsha J, Knebel AR. Medical response to a nuclear detonation: creating a playbook for state and local planners and responders. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2011 Mar; 5 Suppl 1:S89-97.

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Hick JL, Weinstock DM, Coleman CN, Hanfling D, Cantrill S, Redlener I, Bader JL, Murrain-Hill P, Knebel AR. Health care system planning for and response to a nuclear detonation. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2011 Mar; 5 Suppl 1:S73-88.

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Caro JJ, DeRenzo EG, Coleman CN, Weinstock DM, Knebel AR. Resource allocation after a nuclear detonation incident: unaltered standards of ethical decision making. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2011 Mar; 5 Suppl 1:S46-53.

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DiCarlo AL, Maher C, Hick JL, Hanfling D, Dainiak N, Chao N, Bader JL, Coleman CN, Weinstock DM. Radiation injury after a nuclear detonation: medical consequences and the need for scarce resources allocation. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2011 Mar; 5 Suppl 1:S32-44.

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