| Qualifier in English: | epidemiology |
| Qualifier in Spanish: | epidemiología |
| Qualifier in Portuguese: | epidemiologia |
| Qualifier in French: | épidémiologie |
| Entry term(s): |
endemics epidemics frequency incidence morbidity occurrence outbreaks prevalence surveillance |
| Scope note: | Used with human and veterinary diseases for the distribution of disease, factors which cause disease, and the attributes of disease in defined populations; includes incidence, frequency, prevalence, endemic and epidemic outbreaks; also surveys and estimates of morbidity in geographic areas and in specified populations. Used also with geographical headings for the location of epidemiologic aspects of a disease. Excludes mortality for which "mortality" is used. |
| Annotation: | subhead only; with diseases & geographicals only; includes "incidence", "frequency", "prevalence", "occurrence", "outbreaks"; not for "mortality" ( = /mortality); not for "statistics" on non-disease terms ( = /statist); see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.31; DF: /epidemiol or /EP CATALOG: may be subdivided geographically |
| Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/EP or EP (SH) or SUBS APPLY EP; use /epidemiology to search /occurrence 1966-88 |
| History Note: | 89; was /occurrence 1966-88; was used with Category C, F3 & SMOKING+ 1989; C, F3 & Z 1990 forward |
| Entry Version: |
EPIDEMIOL |
| Abbreviation: | EP |
| DeCS UI: | 22080 |
| Descriptor UI: | Q000453 |
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1973/12/27 |
| Revision Date: | 2004/07/13 |
epidemiology
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epidemics
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frequency
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surveillance
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morbidity
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occurrence
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outbreaks
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prevalence
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endemics
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incidence
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| Concept UI |
M0030648 |
| Scope note | Used with human and veterinary diseases for the distribution of disease, factors which cause disease, and the attributes of disease in defined populations; includes incidence, frequency, prevalence, endemic and epidemic outbreaks; also surveys and estimates of morbidity in geographic areas and in specified populations. Used also with geographical headings for the location of epidemiologic aspects of a disease. Excludes mortality for which "mortality" is used. |
| Preferred term | epidemiology |
| Concept UI |
M0030649 |
| Preferred term | epidemics |
| Concept UI |
M0030657 |
| Preferred term | frequency |
| Concept UI |
M0030654 |
| Preferred term | surveillance |
| Concept UI |
M0030651 |
| Preferred term | morbidity |
| Concept UI |
M0030656 |
| Preferred term | occurrence |
| Concept UI |
M0030652 |
| Preferred term | outbreaks |
| Concept UI |
M0030653 |
| Preferred term | prevalence |
| Concept UI |
M0030655 |
| Preferred term | endemics |
| Concept UI |
M0030650 |
| Preferred term | incidence |
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