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Adult

A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.

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Abstract

A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.

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  • Adults

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Indexed with the subheadings psychology.

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Indexing Annotation

almost always check tag: NIM no qualifiers; see Manual Chapter 9

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  1. M01w.060.116w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Adult. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000328. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000328
  2. Adult. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult
  3. Adult. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80994