| Descriptor English: | Organizations | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Organizaciones                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Organizações | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Organismes | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Non Governmental Organizations Non-Governmental Organization Non-Governmental Organizations Nongovernmental Organization Nongovernmental Organizations Organization Organization, Non-Governmental Organization, Nongovernmental Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, Nongovernmental  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        N03.540 SH1.010.020.050  | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009938 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Groups of people working together in a structured manner to pursue common goals and objectives. | 
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| Annotation: | general or unspecified; prefer specifics; ORGANIZATIONS tends to be for groups with a common goal based on interest, SOCIETIES tends to be for groups with common educational or professional status; specify geographic location if pertinent | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        CL                                                            classification EC economics ES ethics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends  | 
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| Previous Indexing: | 
                                                specific organization (1966-1967) | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 68 | 
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| History Note: | 68 | 
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| Entry Version: | ORGAN | 
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| Related: | 
                                                                                                                        Societies
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| DeCS ID: | 28433 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D009938 | ||||||
| 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: | 2016/05/03 | 
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                | Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0015415 | 
                                
| Scope note | Groups of people working together in a structured manner to pursue common goals and objectives. | 
| Preferred term | Organizations | 
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| Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0015416 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Non-Governmental Organizations | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Non Governmental Organizations                                                 Non-Governmental Organization Nongovernmental Organization Nongovernmental Organizations Organization, Non-Governmental Organization, Nongovernmental Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, Nongovernmental  | 
                                
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