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Descriptor English: Harm Reduction
Descriptor Spanish: Reducción del Daño
Descriptor reducción de daños
Entry term(s) minimización de daños
Scope note: Aplicación de métodos diseñados para reducir el riesgo de los daños asociados con determinados comportamientos, sin reducir la frecuencia de dichas conductas. Los comportamientos asociados al riesgo incluyen las conductas adictivas activas o en desarrollo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Redução do Dano
Descriptor French: Réduction des dommages
Entry term(s): Harm Minimization
Minimization, Harm
Reduction, Harm
Tree number(s): F01.145.477
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D040261
Scope note: The application of methods designed to reduce the risk of harm associated with certain behaviors without reduction in frequency of those behaviors. The risk-associated behaviors include ongoing and active addictive behaviors.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
DE drug effects
ES ethics
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Related: Environmental Damage Minimization DeCS
Risk MeSH
DeCS ID: 37608
Unique ID: D040261
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Harm Reduction - Preferred
Concept UI M0421213
Scope note The application of methods designed to reduce the risk of harm associated with certain behaviors without reduction in frequency of those behaviors. The risk-associated behaviors include ongoing and active addictive behaviors.
Preferred term Harm Reduction
Entry term(s) Harm Minimization
Minimization, Harm
Reduction, Harm



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