| Descriptor in English: | Epidemiology |
| Descriptor in Spanish: | Epidemiología |
| Descriptor in Portuguese: | Epidemiologia |
| Descriptor in French: | Épidémiologie |
| Tree number(s): |
H02.403.720.500 SP5.001 SP8.946.702.667.586 |
| Scope note: | Field of medicine 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. |
| Annotation: | SPEC only: SPEC qualif; prefer /epidemiol with diseases: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.31; do not confuse with TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL: epidemiol emphasizes disease outbreaks & disease-related conditions, topography emphasizes geography-related events; DF: EPIDEMIOL |
| 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 |
| DeCS UI: | 28566 |
| Descriptor UI: | D004813 |
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
| Revision Date: | 2009/07/06 |
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DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS
Health Occupations [H02]Health Occupations -
PUBLIC HEALTH
Disasters [SP8]Disasters
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Epidemiology
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| Concept UI |
M0007545 |
| Scope note | Field of medicine 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 |
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