| Descriptor English: | Health Sciences | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Ciencias de la Salud                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Ciências da Saúde | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Sciences de la Santé | ||||
| Tree number(s): | 
                                        SH1.020.020.040 | 
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| Scope note: | Included here are human health sciences, such as medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, public health, physical therapy specialty, and speech, language and hearing sciences. | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        ED                                                            education | 
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| DeCS ID: | 50058 | ||||
| Unique ID: | DDCS050058 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | 
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| Scope note | Included here are human health sciences, such as medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, public health, physical therapy specialty, and speech, language and hearing sciences. | 
| Preferred term | Health Sciences | 
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