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Descriptor English: Accidents
Descriptor Spanish: Accidentes
Descriptor accidentes
Entry term(s) accidente
Scope note: Acontecimiento inesperado y no planeado que por lo general tiene como resultado LESIONES ACCIDENTALES.
Descriptor Portuguese: Acidentes
Descriptor French: Accidents
Entry term(s): Accident
Tree number(s): N06.850.135
SH1.050.313.562.601.900.516
SP8.095
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000059
Scope note: Unexpected and unintentional events, typically resulting in ACCIDENTAL INJURIES.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Entry Combination: prevention & control:Accident Prevention
DeCS ID: 23889
Unique ID: D000059
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: 2019/07/08
Accidents - Preferred
Concept UI M0000086
Scope note Unexpected and unintentional events, typically resulting in ACCIDENTAL INJURIES.
Preferred term Accidents
Entry term(s) Accident



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