Diseases

Accidental Injuries

Injuries resulting from events or circumstances that are unforeseen, unplanned, unanticipated, and without premeditation.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Injuries resulting from events or circumstances that are unforeseen, unplanned, unanticipated, and without premeditation.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Accident Injury
  • Accidental Injury
  • Accident Injuries
  • Injuries, Accident
  • Injuries, Accidental
  • Injury, Accident
  • Injury, Accidental

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Aspects Covered

33 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2020

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Previous Indexing

  • Accidents (1963-2019)

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Tree Number

  1. C26w.040

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Accidental Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000081084. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000081084
  2. Accidental Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114556619