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Descriptor English: Sports
Descriptor Spanish: Deportes
Descriptor Portuguese: Esportes
Descriptor French: Sports
Entry term(s): Athletic
Athletics
Sport
Tree number(s): I03.450.642.845
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013177
Scope note: Activities or games, usually involving physical effort or skill. Reasons for engagement in sports include pleasure, competition, and/or financial reward.
Annotation: SPORTS is the activity, SPORTS MEDICINE is the specialty
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PH physiology
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Entry Combination: injuries:Athletic Injuries
Online Note: use SPORTS to search ATHLETICS 1966-75
History Note: ATHLETICS was see under SPORTS 1963-75
Related: Athletic Injuries MeSH
Doping in Sports MeSH
Exercise MeSH
Exercise Movement Techniques MeSH
Exercise Therapy MeSH
DeCS ID: 13562
Unique ID: D013177
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Sports - Preferred
Concept UI M0020387
Scope note Activities or games, usually involving physical effort or skill. Reasons for engagement in sports include pleasure, competition, and/or financial reward.
Preferred term Sports
Entry term(s) Sport
Athletics - Narrower
Concept UI M0020388
Preferred term Athletics
Entry term(s) Athletic



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