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Descriptor English: Persons
Descriptor Spanish: Personas
Descriptor personas
Entry term(s) denominaciones de grupos
grupos de pertenencia
Scope note: Personas como individuos (por ej. SOLICITANTES DE ABORTO) o como miembros de un grupo (por ej. HISPANOAMERICANOS). Este término no se utiliza para miembros de diferentes profesiones (por ej. MÉDICOS) o trabajos (por ej. BIBLIOTECARIOS), para los que se utiliza el de GRUPOS PROFESIONALES.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pessoas
Descriptor French: Personnes
Entry term(s): Person
Tree number(s): M01
SP3.522.561.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009272
Scope note: Persons as individuals (e.g., ABORTION APPLICANTS) or as members of a group (e.g., HISPANIC AMERICANS). It is not used for members of the various professions (e.g., PHYSICIANS) or occupations (e.g., LIBRARIANS) for which OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS is available.
Annotation: used for searching; INDEXER: Do not use; CATALOGER: Do not use
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98; use explode
DeCS ID: 9464
Unique ID: D009272
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/05
Persons - Preferred
Concept UI M0014446
Scope note Persons as individuals (e.g., ABORTION APPLICANTS) or as members of a group (e.g., HISPANIC AMERICANS). It is not used for members of the various professions (e.g., PHYSICIANS) or occupations (e.g., LIBRARIANS) for which OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS is available.
Preferred term Persons
Entry term(s) Person



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