Periodicity
"Periodicity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The tendency of a phenomenon to recur at regular intervals; in biological systems, the recurrence of certain activities (including hormonal, cellular, neural) may be annual, seasonal, monthly, daily, or more frequently (ultradian).
| Descriptor ID |
D010507
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.910.645 G07.180.562
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| Concept/Terms |
Periodicity- Periodicity
- Periodicities
- Bioperiodicity
- Bioperiodicities
- Rhythmicity
- Rhythmicities
- Cyclicity
- Cyclicities
- Biorhythms
- Biorhythm
- Biological Rhythms
- Biological Rhythm
- Rhythm, Biological
- Rhythms, Biological
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Periodicity" by people in Profiles.
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Snyder CL, Hall M, Sharma V, St Peter SD. Seasonal variation in the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis. Pediatr Surg Int. 2010 Sep; 26(9):895-8.
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Harris KJ, Golbeck AL, Cronk NJ, Catley D, Conway K, Williams KB. Timeline follow-back versus global self-reports of tobacco smoking: a comparison of findings with nondaily smokers. Psychol Addict Behav. 2009 Jun; 23(2):368-72.
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Beyer JE, Simmons LE, Woods GM, Woods PM. A chronology of pain and comfort in children with sickle cell disease. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999 Sep; 153(9):913-20.