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Descripteur en français: Épidémiologie
Descripteur en anglais: Epidemiology
Descripteur en espagnol: Epidemiología
Descripteur epidemiología
Synonymes epidemiología social
Note d'application: Una rama o subespecialidad de la epidemiología que estudia el papel de las estructuras, los procesos y los factores sociales en la producción de salud y enfermedad en las poblaciones. Utiliza el conocimiento, el razonamiento y los métodos epidemiológicos para estudiar por qué y cómo la distribución de los estados de salud está influenciada por factores como el origen étnico, el estatus y la posición socioeconómica, la clase social o las condiciones ambientales y de vivienda. Puede utilizar un enfoque de curso de vida.
Descripteur en portugais: Epidemiologia
Synonymes: Epidemiologies, Social
Epidemiology, Social
Social Epidemiologies
Social Epidemiology
Code(s) d'arborescence: H02.403.720.500
SP5.312
Identificateur unique RDF: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004813
Note d'application: A branch or subespecialty of epidemiology that studies the role of social structures, processes, and factors in the production of health and disease in populations. It uses epidemiological knowledge, reasoning, and methods to study why and how the distribution of health states is influenced by factors as ethnicity, socioeconomic status and position, social class, or environmental and housing conditions. It may use a life course approach. (From: Porta M [Ed]. A Dictionary of Epidemiology; sixth edition. Oxford University Press; New York: 2014.)
Note d'indexation: specialty only; prefer /epidemiol with diseases; do not confuse with TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL: epidemiology emphasizes disease outbreaks & disease-related conditions, topography emphasizes geography-related events
Qualificatifs autorisés: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Combinaison alternative: methods:Epidemiologic Methods
Version alternative: EPIDEMIOL
Identifiant DeCS: 28566
ID du Descripteur: D004813
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Date d'établissement: 01/01/1966
Date d'entrée: 01/01/1999
Date de révision: 14/05/2020
Epidemiology - Concept préféré
Concept UI M0007545
Note d'application Field concerned with the determination of causes, incidence, and characteristic behavior of disease outbreaks affecting human populations. It includes the interrelationships of host, agent, and environment as related to the distribution and control of disease.
Terme préféré Epidemiology
Social Epidemiology - Plus spécifique
Concept UI M000679279
Note d'application Branch of epidemiology primarily concerned with the role of social factors-such as socioeconomic class, gender, or ethnicity on patterns of health.
Terme préféré Social Epidemiology
Synonymes Epidemiologies, Social
Epidemiology, Social
Social Epidemiologies



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