| Descriptor in English: | Noncommunicable Diseases |
| Descriptor in Spanish: | Enfermedades no Transmisibles |
| Descriptor in Portuguese: | Doenças não Transmissíveis |
| Descriptor in French: | Maladies non transmissibles |
| Entry term(s): |
Chronic Disease, Non-communicable Disease, Non-communicable Diseases, Non-communicable Non communicable Chronic Diseases Non communicable Diseases Non infectious Diseases Non-communicable Chronic Disease Non-communicable Chronic Diseases Non-communicable Disease Non-communicable Diseases Non-infectious Disease Non-infectious Diseases Noncommunicable Disease Noninfectious Disease Noninfectious Diseases |
| Tree number(s): |
C23.550.291.898 |
| Scope note: | Diseases which are typically non-infectious in origin and do not transmit from an affected individual to others. The four main types of noncommunicable diseases are CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (e.g., heart attacks and stroke), CANCER, chronic respiratory diseases (e.g., CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE and ASTHMA) and DIABETES MELLITUS. |
| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EP epidemiology MO mortality NU nursing PC prevention & control PX psychology RH rehabilitation TH therapy |
| History Note: | 2018 |
| DeCS UI: | 56960 |
| Descriptor UI: | D000073296 |
| Date Established: | 2018/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 2017/07/11 |
| Revision Date: | 2019/05/06 |
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Noncommunicable Diseases
- Preferred
Non-communicable Chronic Diseases
- Narrower
| Concept UI |
M000621200 |
| Scope note | Diseases which are typically non-infectious in origin and do not transmit from an affected individual to others. The four main types of noncommunicable diseases are CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (e.g., heart attacks and stroke), CANCER, chronic respiratory diseases (e.g., CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE and ASTHMA) and DIABETES MELLITUS. |
| Preferred term | Noncommunicable Diseases |
| Entry term(s) |
Disease, Non-communicable Diseases, Non-communicable Non communicable Diseases Non infectious Diseases Non-communicable Disease Non-communicable Diseases Non-infectious Disease Non-infectious Diseases Noncommunicable Disease Noninfectious Disease Noninfectious Diseases |
| Concept UI |
M000631048 |
| Preferred term | Non-communicable Chronic Diseases |
| Entry term(s) |
Chronic Disease, Non-communicable Non communicable Chronic Diseases Non-communicable Chronic Disease |
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