Health Care

Disasters

Calamities producing great damage, loss of life, and distress. They include results of natural phenomena and man-made phenomena. Normal conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of impact exceeds the capacity of the hazard-affected community.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Calamities producing great damage, loss of life, and distress. They include results of natural phenomena and man-made phenomena. Normal conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of impact exceeds the capacity of the hazard-affected community.

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5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, history, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data.

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coordinate with specific event causing the disaster; specify geographic location

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  1. N06.230w.100w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Disasters. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004190. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004190
  2. Disasters. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster
  3. Disasters. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3839081