Consumer Health Information
"Consumer Health Information" 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.
Information intended for potential users of medical and healthcare services. There is an emphasis on self-care and preventive approaches as well as information for community-wide dissemination and use.
| Descriptor ID |
D054626
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I02.233.332.186 N02.421.726.407.229
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Consumer Health Information".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Consumer Health Information".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Consumer Health Information" by people in this website by year, and whether "Consumer Health Information" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Consumer Health Information" by people in Profiles.
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Goyal RK, Rajan SS, Essien EJ, Sansgiry SS. Effectiveness of FDA's new over-the-counter acetaminophen warning label in improving consumer risk perception of liver damage. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2012 Dec; 37(6):681-5.
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Peters RJ, Amos C, Meshack A, Yacoubian GS, Essien EJ. Smoking cessation recruitment among African American youth: what youth think will help them attend. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2008; 7(4):451-64.