| Descriptor English: | Causality | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Causalidad
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Causalidade | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Causalité | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Causalities Causalities, Multifactorial Causality, Multifactorial Causation Causation, Multiple Causations Causations, Multiple Enabling Factor Enabling Factors Factor, Enabling Factor, Predisposing Factor, Reinforcing Factors, Enabling Factors, Predisposing Factors, Reinforcing Multifactorial Causalities Multifactorial Causality Multiple Causation Multiple Causations Predisposing Factor Predisposing Factors Reinforcing Factor Reinforcing Factors |
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| Tree number(s): |
N05.715.350.200 N06.850.490.625 SP5.312.109.198.566.333 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015984 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The relating of causes to the effects they produce. Causes are termed necessary when they must always precede an effect and sufficient when they initiate or produce an effect. Any of several factors may be associated with the potential disease causation or outcome, including predisposing factors, enabling factors, precipitating factors, reinforcing factors, and risk factors. |
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| Annotation: | an epidemiological concept: do not confuse with the cause of a disease ( = /etiol); IM general only; coordinate NIM with disease /epidemiol, not /etiol |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||||
| Previous Indexing: |
Risk (1966-1989) specific disease/epidemiology (1966-1989) specific disease/etiology (1966-1989) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 90 |
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| History Note: | 90 |
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| Related: |
Mediation Analysis
MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 28600 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D015984 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1990/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1989/05/25 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2008/07/08 |
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Causality
- Preferred
Multifactorial Causality
- Narrower
Multiple Causation
- Narrower
Reinforcing Factors
- Narrower
Causation
- Narrower
Enabling Factors
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Predisposing Factors
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| Concept UI |
M0024428 |
| Scope note | The relating of causes to the effects they produce. Causes are termed necessary when they must always precede an effect and sufficient when they initiate or produce an effect. Any of several factors may be associated with the potential disease causation or outcome, including predisposing factors, enabling factors, precipitating factors, reinforcing factors, and risk factors. |
| Preferred term | Causality |
| Entry term(s) |
Causalities |
| Concept UI |
M0024430 |
| Preferred term | Multifactorial Causality |
| Entry term(s) |
Causalities, Multifactorial Causality, Multifactorial Multifactorial Causalities |
| Concept UI |
M0024431 |
| Preferred term | Multiple Causation |
| Entry term(s) |
Causation, Multiple Causations, Multiple Multiple Causations |
| Concept UI |
M0024433 |
| Preferred term | Reinforcing Factors |
| Entry term(s) |
Factor, Reinforcing Factors, Reinforcing Reinforcing Factor |
| Concept UI |
M0024434 |
| Preferred term | Causation |
| Entry term(s) |
Causations |
| Concept UI |
M0024429 |
| Preferred term | Enabling Factors |
| Entry term(s) |
Enabling Factor Factor, Enabling Factors, Enabling |
| Concept UI |
M0024432 |
| Preferred term | Predisposing Factors |
| Entry term(s) |
Factor, Predisposing Factors, Predisposing Predisposing Factor |
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