Disciplines and Occupations

Medical Geography

The area of medicine concerned with the effects on health and disease due to geographic factors such as CLIMATE, environmental conditions, and geographic location.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The area of medicine concerned with the effects on health and disease due to geographic factors such as CLIMATE, environmental conditions, and geographic location.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Geography, Medical
  • Geomedicine
  • Nosogeography

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

IM as the discipline (education, history, etc); NIM with no qualifiers as a coordinate

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History Note

2013

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Previous Indexing

  • Geography (1964-2012)

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  1. H01w.277w.500w.097w
  2. H02w.403w.352w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Medical Geography. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D062306. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D062306
  2. Medical Geography. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_geography
  3. Medical Geography. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3286542