| Descriptor English: | Cities |
| Descriptor Spanish: | Ciudades |
| Descriptor Portuguese: | Cidades |
| Descriptor French: | Villes |
| Entry term(s): |
Counties County Large Cities Large City Medium Cities Medium City Megalopolis Metropolis Municipalities Towns Urban Villages |
| Tree number(s): |
G16.500.275.069 N06.230.069 SP3.001.037.028.024.010 Z01.433 |
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002947 |
| Scope note: | A large or important municipality of a country, usually a major metropolitan center. |
| Annotation: | IM for cities as sociol or population entities; specific indentions are available (NIM only) for epidemiol or ethnol studies; URBANIZATION is available for the develop from rural to urban society; URBAN POPULATION and URBAN HEALTH are also available |
| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics EH ethnology EP epidemiology HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence SN statistics & numerical data |
| Previous Indexing: |
specific city (1966-1997) |
| History Note: | 98; use explode 1967-97 |
| Related: |
Urban Area
DeCS Urban Health MeSH Urban Population MeSH Urban Sanitation DeCS Urbanization MeSH |
| DeCS ID: | 2973 |
| Unique ID: | D002947 |
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
| Date Established: | 1998/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
| Revision Date: | 2018/05/25 |
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PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
Biological Phenomena [G16]Biological Phenomena -
GEOGRAPHICALS
Geographic Locations [Z01]Geographic Locations
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Cities
- Preferred
Towns
- Related but not broader or narrower
Municipalities
- Broader
Megalopolis
- Related but not broader or narrower
Metropolis
- Related but not broader or narrower
| Concept UI |
M0004511 |
| Scope note | A large or important municipality of a country, usually a major metropolitan center. |
| Preferred term | Cities |
| Entry term(s) |
Counties County |
| Concept UI |
M000643154 |
| Scope note | Human settlements larger than a village but smaller than a city. |
| Preferred term | Towns |
| Entry term(s) |
Medium Cities Medium City Urban Villages |
| Concept UI |
M0004512 |
| Preferred term | Municipalities |
| Concept UI |
F0001346 |
| Preferred term | Megalopolis |
| Concept UI |
F0001347 |
| Preferred term | Metropolis |
| Entry term(s) |
Large Cities Large City |
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