Disciplines and Occupations

Naval Medicine

The practice of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the health of individuals associated with the marine environment.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The practice of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the health of individuals associated with the marine environment.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Medicine, Nautical
  • Medicine, Naval
  • Nautical Medicine

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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

use as coordinate for physiology, psychology & diseases of nautical personnel whether of national navy, merchant marine or liner

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  1. H02w.403w.560

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Naval Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009326. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009326
  2. Naval Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3332462