| Descriptor English: | Epidemiology |
| Descriptor Spanish: | Epidemiología |
| Descriptor Portuguese: | Epidemiologia |
| Descriptor French: | Épidémiologie |
| Entry term(s): |
Epidemiologies, Social Epidemiology, Social Social Epidemiologies Social Epidemiology |
| Tree number(s): |
H02.403.720.500 SP5.001 SP8.946.702.667.586 |
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004813 |
| Scope note: | A branch or subespecialty of epidemiology that studies the role of social structures, processes, and factors in the production of health and disease in populations. It uses epidemiological knowledge, reasoning, and methods to study why and how the distribution of health states is influenced by factors as ethnicity, socioeconomic status and position, social class, or environmental and housing conditions. It may use a life course approach. (From: Porta M [Ed]. A Dictionary of Epidemiology; sixth edition. Oxford University Press; New York: 2014.) |
| Annotation: | specialty only; prefer /epidemiol with diseases; do not confuse with TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL: epidemiology emphasizes disease outbreaks & disease-related conditions, topography emphasizes geography-related events |
| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ED education ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
| Entry Combination: |
methods:Epidemiologic Methods
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| Entry Version: | EPIDEMIOL |
| DeCS ID: | 28566 |
| Unique ID: | D004813 |
| 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: | 2020/05/14 |
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DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS
Health Occupations [H02]Health Occupations -
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PUBLIC HEALTH
Disasters [SP8]Disasters
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Epidemiology
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Social Epidemiology
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| Concept UI |
M0007545 |
| Scope note | Field concerned with the determination of causes, incidence, and characteristic behavior of disease outbreaks affecting human populations. It includes the interrelationships of host, agent, and environment as related to the distribution and control of disease. |
| Preferred term | Epidemiology |
| Concept UI |
M000679279 |
| Scope note | Branch of epidemiology primarily concerned with the role of social factors-such as socioeconomic class, gender, or ethnicity on patterns of health. |
| Preferred term | Social Epidemiology |
| Entry term(s) |
Epidemiologies, Social Epidemiology, Social Social Epidemiologies |
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