| Descriptor English: | Balneology | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Balneología
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Balneologia | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Balnéologie | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Balneotherapy |
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| Tree number(s): |
E02.056 HP3.018.091 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001452 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Therapy by various hot or warm baths in natural mineral waters, spas, or "cures". It includes not only bathing in, but also drinking the waters, but it does not include whirlpool baths (HYDROTHERAPY). |
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| Annotation: | differentiate from HYDROTHERAPY where emphasis is on plain water (not natural mineral water; see note there); coordinate with MINERAL WATERS as appropriate |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ED education ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence MT methods OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
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| Entry Version: | BALNEOL |
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| Related: |
Health Resorts
MeSH Mineral Waters MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 1474 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D001452 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/06/30 |
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ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
Therapeutics [E02]Therapeutics
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Balneology
- Preferred
Balneotherapy
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| Concept UI |
M0002161 |
| Scope note | Therapy by various hot or warm baths in natural mineral waters, spas, or "cures". It includes not only bathing in, but also drinking the waters, but it does not include whirlpool baths (HYDROTHERAPY). |
| Preferred term | Balneology |
| Concept UI |
M0002162 |
| Preferred term | Balneotherapy |
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