DeCS

Descriptor in English:	Adolescent
Descriptor in Spanish:	Adolescente
Descriptor in Portuguese:	Adolescente
Descriptor in French:	Adolescent
Entry term(s):	Adolescence Adolescent, Female Adolescent, Male Adolescents Adolescents, Female Adolescents, Male Female Adolescent Female Adolescents Male Adolescent Male Adolescents Teen Teenager Teenagers Teens Youth Youths
Tree number(s):	M01.060.057
Scope note:	A person 13 to 18 years of age.
Annotation:	almost always check tag: NIM; see Manual Chapter 9
Allowable Qualifiers:	LJ legislation & jurisprudence PH physiology
See also the descriptors:	Minors MeSH
DeCS UI:	29315
Descriptor UI:	D000293
Date Established:	1966/01/01
Date of Entry:	1999/01/01
Revision Date:	2015/06/23

NAMED GROUPS

Persons [M01]

Adolescent - Preferred

Adolescence - Related but not broader or narrower

Concept UI	M0000461
Scope note	The period of life beginning with the appearance of secondary sex characteristics and terminating with the cessation of somatic growth. The years usually referred to as adolescence lie between 13 and 18 years of age.
Preferred term	Adolescence

Teens - Related but not broader or narrower

Youth - Broader

Adolescents, Female - Related but not broader or narrower

Concept UI	M0000463
Preferred term	Adolescents, Female
Entry term(s)	Adolescent, Female Female Adolescent Female Adolescents

Adolescents, Male - Related but not broader or narrower

Concept UI	M0000464
Preferred term	Adolescents, Male
Entry term(s)	Adolescent, Male Male Adolescent Male Adolescents

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