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Descriptor English: Refugee Camps
Descriptor Spanish: Campos de Refugiados
Descriptor campos de refugiados
Entry term(s) campamento de refugiados
campamentos de refugiados
campo de refugiados
centro de clasificación de refugiados
Scope note: Áreas de cobijo y protección para personas que abandonan su país o residencia habitual para escapar del peligro, la persecución o de una catástrofe.
Descriptor Portuguese: Campos de Refugiados
Descriptor French: Camps de réfugiés
Entry term(s): Camp, Refugee
Camps, Refugee
Refugee Camp
Tree number(s): J03.340.825
SP8.570.498.526.628.396.291.398
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000073017
Scope note: Areas of shelter and protection for people who leave their own country or habitual residence to escape danger, persecution, or disaster.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Refugees (1969-2017)
Public MeSH Note: 2018; see REFUGEES 1993-2017
History Note: 2018; use REFUGEES 1993-2017
Related: Disaster Sanitation DeCS
Shelter DeCS
DeCS ID: 32423
Unique ID: D000073017
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2017/04/14
Refugee Camps - Preferred
Concept UI M0018711
Scope note Areas of shelter and protection for people who leave their own country or habitual residence to escape danger, persecution, or disaster.
Preferred term Refugee Camps
Entry term(s) Camp, Refugee
Camps, Refugee
Refugee Camp



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