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Descriptor English: | Epidemiology | ||||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Epidemiología
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Epidemiologia | ||||||
Descriptor French: | Épidémiologie | ||||||
Entry term(s): |
Épidémiologie sociale |
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Tree number(s): |
H02.403.720.500 SP5.312 |
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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.) |
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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 |
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Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC économie ED enseignement et éducation ES éthique HI histoire IS instrumentation LJ législation et jurisprudence OG organisation et administration SN statistiques et données numériques ST normes TD tendances |
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Entry Combination: |
methods:Epidemiologic Methods
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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 ET PROFESSIONS
Professions de santé [H02]Professions de santé
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Épidémiologie
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Épidémiologie sociale
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Concept UI |
M0007545 |
Preferred term | Épidémiologie |
Concept UI |
M000679279 |
Preferred term | Épidémiologie sociale |
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