Appalachian Region

"Appalachian Region" 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.

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A geographical area of the United States with no definite boundaries but comprising northeastern Alabama, northwestern Georgia, northwestern South Carolina, western North Carolina, eastern Kentucky, eastern Tennessee, western Virginia, West Virginia, western Maryland, southwestern Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, and southern New York.

Descriptor ID

D001061

MeSH Number(s)

Z01.107.567.875.075

Concept/Terms

Appalachian Region

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Appalachian Region".

Geographicals [Z]
Geographic Locations [Z01]
Americas [Z01.107]
North America [Z01.107.567]
United States [Z01.107.567.875]
Appalachian Region [Z01.107.567.875.075]

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

Bar chart showing 6 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2020

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
2012	1	1
2014	1	1
2018	1	1
2020	2	2
2023	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Appalachian Region" by people in Profiles.

Risk Factors for Pediatric Facial Trauma in an Appalachian Region: An Epidemiological Review at a Single Institution. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Mar; 82(3):306-313.

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Prevalence of Opioid Use and Intimate Partner Violence among Pregnant Women in South-Central Appalachia, USA. Subst Use Misuse. 2022; 57(8):1220-1228.

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Using residential histories in case-control analysis of lung cancer and mountaintop removal coal mining in Central Appalachia. Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol. 2020 11; 35:100364.

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Cancer Care in the Rural United States: A Visitor's Perspective From Appalachian Ohio; Pine Ridge, South Dakota; and Sidney, Montana. JCO Oncol Pract. 2020 07; 16(7):405-407.

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Diabetes in Appalachia: providers' perspectives. Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2020 05 14; 21:e11.

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"I wouldn't even know where to start": unwanted pregnancy and abortion decision-making in Central Appalachia. Reprod Health Matters. 2018 Dec; 26(52):1513270.

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Work Practices and Respiratory Health Status of Appalachian Coal Miners With Progressive Massive Fibrosis. J Occup Environ Med. 2018 11; 60(11):e575-e581.

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Opioid Prescribing Rates by Congressional Districts, United States, 2016. Am J Public Health. 2018 09; 108(9):1214-1219.

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A rural/urban comparison of privacy and confidentiality concerns associated with providing sensitive location information in epidemiologic research involving persons who use drugs. Addict Behav. 2017 11; 74:106-111.

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Accuracy of name and age data provided about network members in a social network study of people who use drugs: implications for constructing sociometric networks. Ann Epidemiol. 2016 11; 26(11):802-809.

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