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Descriptor in English: | Geography |
Descriptor in Spanish: | Geografía |
Descriptor in Portuguese: | Geografia |
Descriptor in French: | Géographie |
Entry term(s): |
Factor, Geographic Factors, Geographic Geographic Factor Geographic Factors Geography, Human Human Geography |
Tree number(s): |
H01.277.500 SP8.473.654.482 SP8.946.702.667.607 |
Scope note: | The science dealing with the earth and its life, especially the description of land, sea, and air and the distribution of plant and animal life, including humanity and human industries with reference to the mutual relations of these elements. (From Webster, 3d ed) |
Annotation: | IM as the discipline (education, history, etc); NIM with no qualifiers as a coordinate; do not use for epidemiologic aspects of disease, index disease /epidemiol + geographic location term |
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 |
See also the descriptors: |
Maps as Topic
MeSH Topography, Medical MeSH |
DeCS UI: | 5981 |
Descriptor UI: | D005843 |
Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2012/07/03 |
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DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS
Natural Science Disciplines [H01]Natural Science Disciplines -
PUBLIC HEALTH
Disasters [SP8]Disasters -
PUBLIC HEALTH
Disasters [SP8]Disasters
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Geography
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Human Geography
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Geographic Factors
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Concept UI |
M0009179 |
Scope note | The science dealing with the earth and its life, especially the description of land, sea, and air and the distribution of plant and animal life, including humanity and human industries with reference to the mutual relations of these elements. (From Webster, 3d ed) |
Preferred term | Geography |
Concept UI |
M0009180 |
Preferred term | Human Geography |
Entry term(s) |
Geography, Human |
Concept UI |
M0009178 |
Preferred term | Geographic Factors |
Entry term(s) |
Factor, Geographic Factors, Geographic Geographic Factor |
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