"Western World" 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.
A historical and cultural entity dispersed across the wide geographical area of Europe, as opposed to the East, Asia, and Africa. The term was used by scholars through the late medieval period. Thereafter, with the impact of colonialism and the transmission of cultures, Western World was sometimes expanded to include the Americas. (Dr. James H. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Western World".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Western World" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Western World" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Western World" by people in Profiles.
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End stage scurvy in the developed world: A diagnostic conundrum but not to be mistaken for pyoderma gangrenosum. Int Wound J. 2019 Aug; 16(4):1024-1028.
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Optimal injection solution for endoscopic submucosal dissection: A randomized controlled trial of Western solutions in a porcine model. Dig Endosc. 2018 May; 30(3):347-353.
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Medical education in a foreign language and history-taking in the native language in Lebanon - a nationwide survey. BMC Med Educ. 2016 Nov 22; 16(1):298.
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Microbial reprogramming inhibits Western diet-associated obesity. PLoS One. 2013; 8(7):e68596.
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The global cardiovascular risk transition: associations of four metabolic risk factors with national income, urbanization, and Western diet in 1980 and 2008. Circulation. 2013 Apr 09; 127(14):1493-502, 1502e1-8.
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Exporting diabetes mellitus to Asia: the impact of Western-style fast food. Circulation. 2012 Jul 10; 126(2):163-5.
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Maternal antioxidant supplementation prevents adiposity in the offspring of Western diet-fed rats. Diabetes. 2010 Dec; 59(12):3058-65.
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Effects of migration on food consumption patterns in a sample of Indian factory workers and their families. Public Health Nutr. 2010 Dec; 13(12):1982-9.
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A mineral-rich extract from the red marine algae Lithothamnion calcareum preserves bone structure and function in female mice on a Western-style diet. Calcif Tissue Int. 2010 Apr; 86(4):313-24.
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Unique clinicopathologic features characterize ALK-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma in the western population. Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Aug 15; 15(16):5216-23.