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Descriptor English: Sex Factors
Descriptor Spanish: Factores Sexuales
Descriptor factores sexuales
Scope note: Hecho de ser hombre o mujer como elemento constituyente o influencia que contribuye a la producción de un resultado. Puede aplicarse a la causa o efecto de una circunstancia. Se utiliza en los productos de la gestación humanos o animales pero se debe diferenciar de las CARACTERÍSTICAS SEXUALES, manifestaciones anatómicas o fisiológicas del sexo, y de la DISTRIBUCIÓN SEXUAL. número de varones y hembras en unas circunstancias dadas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fatores Sexuais
Descriptor French: Facteurs sexuels
Entry term(s): Facteurs de genre
Facteurs de sexe
Tree number(s): N05.715.350.675
N06.850.490.875
SP2.070.578.468.655
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012737
Scope note: Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances.
Annotation: usually NIM; human & animal; do not confuse with SEX DISTRIBUTION or SEX CHARACTERISTICS
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 27830
Unique ID: D012737
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/01/19
Facteurs sexuels - Preferred
Concept UI M0019742
Preferred term Facteurs sexuels
Entry term(s) Facteurs de genre
Facteurs de sexe



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