Health Care

Leper Colonies

Residential treatment centers for individuals with leprosy.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Residential treatment centers for individuals with leprosy.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Colonies, Leper
  • Colony, Leper
  • Leper Colony

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specify geog

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Tree Number

  1. N02.278w.524w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Leper Colonies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007914. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007914
  2. Leper Colonies. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leper_colony
  3. Leper Colonies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1406569