"Bhutan" 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 kingdom in the eastern Himalayas on the northeast border of India, bounded on the north by Tibet, on the east by Assam, on the south by Assam and West Bengal, and on the west by Sikkim and Tibet. From 1720 to 1970 it was under Chinese or Indian domination. In 1971 it became a member of the United Nations. The name comes from the Sanskrit bhota, the name for Tibet, + anta, end, with reference to its location at the southern extremity of Tibet. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p144 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p64)
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Bhutan" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Bhutan" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2017 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Bhutan" by people in Profiles.
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Efforts toward the Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis in South Asia: A Review of Progress in Bhutan. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 03; 110(4):633-638.
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Mental health among older Bhutanese with a refugee life experience: A mixed-methods latent class analysis study. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2023; 93(4):304-315.
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Prevalence and severity of diabetic retinopathy at first presentation to vitreoretinal services in Bhutan: a 3-year national study. Jpn J Ophthalmol. 2023 May; 67(3):287-294.
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Generalizability of the REDUCE-IT trial to South Asians with cardiovascular disease. Med (N Y). 2023 02 10; 4(2):130-138.e1.
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Investigating Outcomes of a Family Strengthening Intervention for Resettled Somali Bantu and Bhutanese Refugees: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 09 29; 19(19).
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Understanding mechanisms of change in a family-based preventive mental health intervention for refugees by refugees in New England. Transcult Psychiatry. 2023 02; 60(1):142-155.
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Severity of age-related macular degeneration at first presentation in Bhutan: a 3-year national study. BMC Ophthalmol. 2022 Jul 09; 22(1):298.
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Pediatric Palliative Care Education Model in Low Resource Settings: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 01; 63(1):1-10.
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Past trauma, resettlement stress, and mental health of older Bhutanese with a refugee life experience. Aging Ment Health. 2022 11; 26(11):2149-2158.
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Retinal laser services in Bhutan: a 3-year national survey. BMC Ophthalmol. 2020 Oct 08; 20(1):404.