| Descriptor English: | Geography, Medical | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Geografía Médica                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Geografia Médica | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Géographie médicale | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Geomedicine Medical Geography Nosogeography  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        H01.277.500.097 H02.403.352  | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D062306 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The area of medicine concerned with the effects on health and disease due to geographic factors such as CLIMATE, environmental conditions, and geographic location. | 
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| Annotation: | IM as the discipline (education, history, etc); NIM with no qualifiers as a coordinate | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        CL                                                            classification EC economics ED education ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence MT methods OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends  | 
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| Previous Indexing: | 
                                                Geography (1964-2012) | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2013 | 
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| History Note: | 2013 | 
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| Entry Version: | GEOGR MED | 
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| DeCS ID: | 55119 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D062306 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 2013/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 2012/07/03 | 
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                                        DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS
 
Natural Science Disciplines [H01]Natural Science Disciplines - 
                                    
DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS
Health Occupations [H02]Health Occupations 
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                                        M0009183 | 
                                
| Scope note | The area of medicine concerned with the effects on health and disease due to geographic factors such as CLIMATE, environmental conditions, and geographic location. | 
| Preferred term | Geography, Medical | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Geomedicine                                                 Medical Geography Nosogeography  | 
                                
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