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Descriptor
English
:
Epidemiology
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Epidemiología
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Epidemiologia
Tree Number:
G02.403.290
SP4.001.012.153
SP5.001
SP8.946.702.667.586
Definition
English
:
Field of
medicine
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
SPEC only: SPEC qualif; prefer /epidemiol with diseases: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.31; do not confuse with
TOPOGRAPHY
, MEDICAL: epidemiol emphasizes
disease outbreaks
& disease-related conditions,
topography
emphasizes geography-related events; DF: EPIDEMIOL
Entry Combination - descr/qualif
English
:
Epidemiology
/
methods
use
Epidemiologic Methods
See Related
English
:
Epidemiologic Surveillance
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
classification
economics
education
ethics
history
instrumentation
legislation & jurisprudence
manpower
organization & administration
statistics & numerical data
standards
trends
Record Number:
28566
Unique Identifier:
D004813
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