Health Care

Cohort Effect

Variation in health status arising from different causal factors to which each birth cohort in a population is exposed as environment and society change.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Variation in health status arising from different causal factors to which each birth cohort in a population is exposed as environment and society change.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Generation Effect
  • Cohort Effects
  • Effect, Cohort
  • Effect, Generation
  • Effects, Cohort
  • Effects, Generation
  • Generation Effects

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Indexing Annotation

IM general only; coordinate NIM with disease /epidemiol

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90

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  1. N05.715w.350.350.225w
  2. N06.850w.490.734.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cohort Effect. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015988. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015988
  2. Cohort Effect. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohort_effect
  3. Cohort Effect. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3048982