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Descriptor English: Precipitating Factors
Descriptor Spanish: Factores Desencadenantes
Descriptor factores desencadenantes
Entry term(s) factores precipitantes
Scope note: Factores asociados al comienzo de una enfermedad, accidente, respuesta conductual o curso de una acción. Cuando hay varios factores implicados, generalmente, un factor es más importante o claramente reconocible que los otros y frecuentemente uno se considera como "necesario". Como ejemplo se pueden citar la exposición a una enfermedad específica, la cantidad o concentración de un agente infeccioso, drogas, o agentes nocivos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fatores Desencadeantes
Descriptor French: Facteurs précipitants
Entry term(s): Factor, Precipitating
Factors, Precipitating
Precipitating Factor
Tree number(s): N05.715.350.200.650
N06.850.490.625.500
SP5.312.109.198.566.333.452
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015985
Scope note: Factors associated with the definitive onset of a disease, illness, accident, behavioral response, or course of action. Usually one factor is more important or more obviously recognizable than others, if several are involved, and one may often be regarded as "necessary". Examples include exposure to specific disease; amount or level of an infectious organism, drug, or noxious agent, etc.
Annotation: IM general only; coordinate NIM with disease, accident, or behavioral response
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Risk (1966-1989)
specific disease/epidemiology (1966-1989)
specific disease/etiology (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
DeCS ID: 24839
Unique ID: D015985
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Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/25
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Precipitating Factors - Preferred
Concept UI M0024435
Scope note Factors associated with the definitive onset of a disease, illness, accident, behavioral response, or course of action. Usually one factor is more important or more obviously recognizable than others, if several are involved, and one may often be regarded as "necessary". Examples include exposure to specific disease; amount or level of an infectious organism, drug, or noxious agent, etc.
Preferred term Precipitating Factors
Entry term(s) Factor, Precipitating
Factors, Precipitating
Precipitating Factor



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