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| Id | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000453
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000453
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| Preferred Name | epidemiology |
| Definitions |
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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| Synonyms |
morbidity
outbreaks
surveillance
epidemics
incidence
endemics
frequency
prevalence
occurrence
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
All Properties
| definition | 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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| altLabel |
morbidity
outbreaks
surveillance
epidemics
incidence
endemics
frequency
prevalence
occurrence
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| prefLabel | epidemiology
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| DQ | 19660101
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| HN | 89; was /occurrence 1966-88; was used with Category C, F3 & SMOKING+ 1989; C, F3 & Z 1990 forward
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| type | |
| tui |
T169
T079
T081
T170
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| TERMUI |
T061064
T061068
T061071
T061069
T061070
T061066
T061065
T061072
T061067
T061073
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| MMR | 20040713
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| notation | Q000453
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| Semantic type UMLS property | |
| cui |
C0220880
C0220888
C0243132
C0243130
C0376249
C0220920
C0220900
C0220823
C0014508
C0220856
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| MN | Y09.010
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| AN | 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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| Inverse of QB |
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| OL | 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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| MDA | 19550101
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