Body Piercing

"Body Piercing" 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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The perforation of an anatomical region for the wearing of jewelry.

Descriptor ID

D046288

MeSH Number(s)

E02.218.085.090

E02.800.090

E04.085.090

Concept/Terms

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Body Piercing".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Cosmetic Techniques [E02.218]
Body Modification, Non-Therapeutic [E02.218.085]
Body Piercing [E02.218.085.090]
Punctures [E02.800]
Body Piercing [E02.800.090]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Body Modification, Non-Therapeutic [E04.085]
Body Piercing [E04.085.090]

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publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Body Piercing" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Body Piercing" 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 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1
2012	1	1	2
2014	0	1	1
2017	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Piercing" by people in Profiles.

Cutaneous B-Cell Pseudolymphoma (Lymphocytoma Cutis) of the Earlobe: A Poorly Recognized Complication of Ear Piercing in Children. Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2022 Jun; 41(3):486-492.

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Addressing Adolescent Oral Health: A Review. Pediatr Rev. 2017 Feb; 38(2):61-68.

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Clinical experience with aspiration of breast abscesses based on size and etiology at an academic medical center. J Clin Ultrasound. 2014 Nov-Dec; 42(9):513-21.

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Patient safety in the operating room: II. Intraoperative and postoperative. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Nov; 130(5):1048-1058.

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Evolving epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Jul; 55 Suppl 1:S3-9.

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Body piercings and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in young adults. Stress Health. 2013 Feb; 29(1):70-4.

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Oral piercing injuries treated in United States emergency departments, 2002-2008. Pediatr Dent. 2012 Jan-Feb; 34(1):56-60.

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Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B and C virus infections in an impoverished urban community in Dhaka, Bangladesh. BMC Infect Dis. 2010 Jul 15; 10:208.

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Body piercing and psychopathology: a review of the literature. Psychother Psychosom. 2010; 79(2):125-9.

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Gingival recession in young adults: occurrence, severity, and relationship to past orthodontic treatment and oral piercing. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2008 Nov; 134(5):652-6.

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