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Descriptor English: Missionaries
Descriptor Spanish: Misioneros
Descriptor misioneros
Scope note: Personas enviadas a una región geográfica con el fin de evangelizar o realizar actos de servicio, como atención médica, EDUCACIÓN o JUSTICIA SOCIAL.
Descriptor Portuguese: Missionários
Descriptor French: Missionnaires
Entry term(s): Missionary
Tree number(s): M01.427
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D066189
Scope note: Persons sent into an area to evangelize or to perform acts of service, such as medical care, EDUCATION, or SOCIAL JUSTICE.
Annotation: RELIGIOUS MISSIONS and MEDICAL MISSIONS are also available
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Missions and Missionaries (1990-2014)
Public MeSH Note: 2015(1991); see MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES 1990-2014
History Note: 2015(1991); use MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES 1990-2014
Related: Medical Missions MeSH
Religious Missions MeSH
DeCS ID: 55773
Unique ID: D066189
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2015/01/01
Date of Entry: 2014/06/26
Revision Date: 2018/07/13
Missionaries - Preferred
Concept UI M0013927
Scope note Persons sent into an area to evangelize or to perform acts of service, such as medical care, EDUCATION, or SOCIAL JUSTICE.
Preferred term Missionaries
Entry term(s) Missionary



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