Health Care

Epidemiologic Factors

Events, characteristics, or other definable entities that have the potential to bring about a change in a health condition or other defined outcome.

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Abstract

Events, characteristics, or other definable entities that have the potential to bring about a change in a health condition or other defined outcome.

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7 entry terms
  • Determinant, Epidemiologic
  • Determinants, Epidemiologic
  • Epidemiologic Determinant
  • Epidemiologic Determinants
  • Epidemiologic Factor
  • Factor, Epidemiologic
  • Factors, Epidemiologic

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Indexing Annotation

IM general only; for epidemiologic factors of a disease, index only disease /epidemiol

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History Note

90

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Previous Indexing

  • Epidemiology (1966-1989)

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  1. N05.715w.350
  2. N06.850w.490

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Epidemiologic Factors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015981. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015981
  2. Epidemiologic Factors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64705767