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Descriptor English: Risk Assessment
Descriptor Spanish: Medición de Riesgo
Descriptor evaluación de riesgos
Entry term(s) análisis de riesgo
análisis de riesgos
evaluación de riesgo-beneficio
evaluación de riesgos para la salud
evaluación de riesgos y beneficios
instituciones y organizaciones de medidas
riesgos y beneficios
valoración de riesgos
Scope note: Estimación cualitativa o cuantitativa de la probabilidad de que se produzcan efectos adversos derivados de la exposición a riesgos específicos para la salud o de la ausencia de efectos beneficiosos. (Traducción libre del original: Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988)
Descriptor Portuguese: Medição de Risco
Descriptor French: Appréciation des risques
Entry term(s): Analysis, Risk
Assessment, Benefit-Risk
Assessment, Health Risk
Assessment, Risk
Assessment, Risk-Benefit
Assessments, Benefit-Risk
Assessments, Health Risk
Assessments, Risk
Assessments, Risk-Benefit
Benefit Risk Assessment
Benefit-Risk Assessment
Benefit-Risk Assessments
Benefits and Risks
Health Risk Assessment
Health Risk Assessments
Institutions and Organizations for Measurement
Risk Analyses
Risk Analysis
Risk Assessment, Health
Risk Assessments
Risk Assessments, Health
Risk Benefit Assessment
Risk Rating
Risk-Benefit Assessment
Risk-Benefit Assessments
Risks and Benefits
Tree number(s): E05.318.740.600.800.715
N04.452.871.715
N05.715.360.750.625.700.690
N06.850.505.715
N06.850.520.830.600.800.715
SP4.606.806.350.755
SP8.665.152
VS1.001.003.001.001.002.001.005
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018570
Scope note: The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988)
Annotation: usually NIM
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
EH ethnology
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Risk Factors (1992-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Entry Version: RISK ASSESS
DeCS ID: 32048
Unique ID: D018570
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Risk Assessment - Preferred
Concept UI M0027834
Scope note The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988)
Preferred term Risk Assessment
Entry term(s) Assessment, Health Risk
Assessment, Risk
Assessments, Health Risk
Assessments, Risk
Health Risk Assessment
Health Risk Assessments
Institutions and Organizations for Measurement
Risk Assessment, Health
Risk Assessments
Risk Assessments, Health
Risk Rating
Risks and Benefits - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0408370
Preferred term Risks and Benefits
Entry term(s) Benefits and Risks
Benefit-Risk Assessment - Narrower
Concept UI M0027835
Preferred term Benefit-Risk Assessment
Entry term(s) Assessment, Benefit-Risk
Assessment, Risk-Benefit
Assessments, Benefit-Risk
Assessments, Risk-Benefit
Benefit Risk Assessment
Benefit-Risk Assessments
Risk Benefit Assessment
Risk-Benefit Assessment
Risk-Benefit Assessments
Risk Analysis - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000733076
Preferred term Risk Analysis
Entry term(s) Analysis, Risk
Risk Analyses



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