DeCS

Descriptor English:

Prisoners of War

Descriptor Spanish:

Prisioneros de Guerra

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	prisioneros de guerra
Entry term(s)	prisionero de guerra
Scope note:	Miembros de las fuerzas armadas mantenidos prisioneros, miembros de milicias de dichas fuerzas armadas, miembros de otras milicias, miembros de otros cuerpos de voluntarios y movimientos de resistencia organizados. (Convención de Ginebra de 1929 y 1949)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Prisioneiros de Guerra

Descriptor French:

Prisonniers de guerre

Entry term(s):

War Prisoner
War Prisoners

Tree number(s):

M01.729.500

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063906

Scope note:

Members held prisoner of the armed forces, members of militias of such armed forces, members of other militias, members of other volunteer corps, and organized resistance movements. (Geneva Convention of 1929 and 1949)

Allowable Qualifiers:

CL classification
ED education
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data

Previous Indexing:

Prisoners (1966-2013)

Public MeSH Note:

2014

History Note:

2014

DeCS ID:

55450

Unique ID:

D063906

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

2014/01/01

Date of Entry:

2013/07/08

NAMED GROUPS

Prisoners of War [M01.729.500]

Prisoners of War

Prisoners of War - Preferred

Concept UI	M0578098
Scope note	Members held prisoner of the armed forces, members of militias of such armed forces, members of other militias, members of other volunteer corps, and organized resistance movements. (Geneva Convention of 1929 and 1949)
Preferred term	Prisoners of War
Entry term(s)	War Prisoner War Prisoners

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