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Descriptor English: Identity Theft
Descriptor Spanish: Robo de Identidad
Descriptor robo de identidad
Scope note: Todo tipo de delito en el que se obtienen datos personales por medios ilegales, por lo general con fines de lucro económico. (Traducción libre del original: www.justice.gov/criminal/fraud/websites/idtheft.html)
Descriptor Portuguese: Roubo de Identidade
Descriptor French: Usurpation d'identité
Entry term(s): Identity Thefts
Theft, Identity
Thefts, Identity
Tree number(s): I01.198.240.300.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063867
Scope note: All types of crime in which personal data is obtained wrongfully, typically for economic gain. (from www.justice.gov/criminal/fraud/websites/idtheft.html)
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Fraud (2000-2013)
Public MeSH Note: 2014
History Note: 2014
DeCS ID: 55423
Unique ID: D063867
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Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Revision Date: 2018/02/06
Identity Theft - Preferred
Concept UI M0578018
Scope note All types of crime in which personal data is obtained wrongfully, typically for economic gain. (from www.justice.gov/criminal/fraud/websites/idtheft.html)
Preferred term Identity Theft
Entry term(s) Identity Thefts
Theft, Identity
Thefts, Identity



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