"Bias" 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.
Any deviation of results or inferences from the truth, or processes leading to such deviation. Bias can result from several sources: one-sided or systematic variations in measurement from the true value (systematic error); flaws in study design; deviation of inferences, interpretations, or analyses based on flawed data or data collection; etc. There is no sense of prejudice or subjectivity implied in the assessment of bias under these conditions.
| Descriptor ID |
D015982
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.150 N06.850.490.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Bias- Bias
- Epidemiologic Biases
- Biase, Epidemiologic
- Biases, Epidemiologic
- Epidemiologic Biase
- Biases
- Bias, Epidemiologic
Ecological Bias- Ecological Bias
- Ecological Biases
- Bias, Ecological
- Fallacy, Ecological
- Ecological Fallacies
- Ecological Fallacy
- Fallacies, Ecological
- Biases, Ecological
Outcome Measurement Errors- Outcome Measurement Errors
- Error, Outcome Measurement
- Errors, Outcome Measurement
- Outcome Measurement Error
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Bias" by people in this website by year, and whether "Bias" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 1995 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 1996 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 1997 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 1998 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 1999 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2000 | 2 | 19 | 21 |
| 2001 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 2002 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2003 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 2004 | 6 | 21 | 27 |
| 2005 | 4 | 27 | 31 |
| 2006 | 3 | 24 | 27 |
| 2007 | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| 2008 | 5 | 19 | 24 |
| 2009 | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| 2010 | 3 | 29 | 32 |
| 2011 | 3 | 17 | 20 |
| 2012 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2013 | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| 2014 | 6 | 28 | 34 |
| 2015 | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| 2016 | 10 | 16 | 26 |
| 2017 | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| 2018 | 10 | 26 | 36 |
| 2019 | 10 | 26 | 36 |
| 2020 | 7 | 27 | 34 |
| 2021 | 5 | 41 | 46 |
| 2022 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 2023 | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| 2024 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Bias" by people in Profiles.
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Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation for acute asthma in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 10 02; 10:CD012067.
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A Mandate to Mitigate Bias. Hosp Pediatr. 2024 10 01; 14(10):e446-e448.
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Impact of response bias in three surveys on primary care providers' experiences with electronic health records. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2024 Aug 01; 31(8):1754-1762.
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Intergroup evaluative bias in facial representations of immigrants and citizens in the United States. PLoS One. 2024; 19(7):e0306872.
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Overcoming Data Gaps in Life Course Epidemiology by Matching Across Cohorts. Epidemiology. 2024 Sep 01; 35(5):610-617.
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Advances in Difference-in-differences Methods for Policy Evaluation Research. Epidemiology. 2024 Sep 01; 35(5):628-637.
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A scoping review shows that no single existing risk of bias assessment tool considers all sources of bias for cross-sectional studies. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Aug; 172:111408.
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Reliance on the highest-quality studies of Long Covid is appropriate and not evidence of bias. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2024 May 22; 29(3):210-211.
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Problematic meta-analyses: Bayesian and frequentist perspectives on combining randomized controlled trials and non-randomized studies. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2024 Apr 27; 24(1):99.
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Demographic bias in misdiagnosis by computational pathology models. Nat Med. 2024 Apr; 30(4):1174-1190.