epidemiology
| Subheading | epidemiology |
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| Record Type | Q |
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| Entry Version | EPIDEMIOL |
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| Abbreviation | EP |
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| Scope Note | Used with human and veterinary diseases for the distribution of disease, factors which cause disease, and the attributes of disease in defined populations; includes incidence, frequency, prevalence, endemic and epidemic outbreaks; also surveys and estimates of morbidity in geographic areas and in specified populations. Used also with geographical headings for the location of epidemiologic aspects of a disease. Excludes mortality for which "mortality" is used. |
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| Annotation | subhead only; with diseases & geographicals only; includes "incidence", "frequency", "prevalence", "occurrence", "outbreaks"; not for "mortality" ( = /
mortality); not for "statistics" on non-disease terms ( = /
statist); see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.31; DF: /epidemiol or /EP CATALOG: may be subdivided geographically |
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| Online Note | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/EP or EP (SH) or SUBS APPLY EP; use /epidemiology to search /occurrence 1966-88 |
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| History Note | 89; was /occurrence 1966-88; was used with Category C, F3 & SMOKING+ 1989; C, F3 & Z 1990 forward |
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| Entry Term | endemics |
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| Entry Term | epidemics |
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| Entry Term | frequency |
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| Entry Term | incidence |
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| Entry Term | morbidity |
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| Entry Term | occurrence |
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| Entry Term | outbreaks |
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| Entry Term | prevalence |
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| Entry Term | surveillance |
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| Date of Entry | 19731227 |
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| Revision Date | 20040713 |
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| Date Established | 19660101 |
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| Unique ID | Q000453 |
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