"Whales, Pilot" 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 genus Globicephala, in the family Delphinidae, consisting of two species of DOLPHINS. They are mostly black with a stocky shape and bulbous foreheads.
MeSH Number(s)
B01.050.150.900.649.189.267.920
Concept/Terms
Whales, Pilot- Whales, Pilot
- Pilot Whale
- Whale, Pilot
- Globicephala
- Pilot Whales
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Whales, Pilot" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Whales, Pilot" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Whales, Pilot" by people in Profiles.
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Associations of Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances With Thyroid Hormone Concentrations and Birth Size. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 03 01; 105(3).
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Secondary sex ratio in relation to exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls, dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene and methylmercury. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2017; 76(1):1406234.
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Assessing sources of human methylmercury exposure using stable mercury isotopes. Environ Sci Technol. 2014; 48(15):8800-6.
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Dietary recommendations regarding pilot whale meat and blubber in the Faroe Islands. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2012 Jul 10; 71:18594.
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Static inflation and deflation pressure-volume curves from excised lungs of marine mammals. J Exp Biol. 2011 Nov 15; 214(Pt 22):3822-8.
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Methylmercury exposure and adverse cardiovascular effects in Faroese whaling men. Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Mar; 117(3):367-72.
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Serum concentrations of polyfluoroalkyl compounds in Faroese whale meat consumers. Environ Sci Technol. 2008 Aug 15; 42(16):6291-5.
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Confounder selection in environmental epidemiology: assessment of health effects of prenatal mercury exposure. Ann Epidemiol. 2007 Jan; 17(1):27-35.