Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Population Control

Includes mechanisms or programs which control the numbers of individuals in a population of humans or animals.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Includes mechanisms or programs which control the numbers of individuals in a population of humans or animals.

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Control, Population
  • Controls, Population
  • Population Controls
  • Demographic Effectiveness
  • Population Programs
  • Population Programs, Goals
  • Effectiveness, Demographic
  • Population Program
  • Program, Population
  • Programs, Population

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

IM human, NIM animal; specify geog; a broad plane: differentiate from FAMILY PLANNING, a personal level

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Abortion, Legal (1966-1967)
  • Family Planning (1966-1967)
  • Population (1966-1967)
  • Sterilization, Sexual (1966-1967)

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Tree Numbers

  1. I01w.240w.600w.650
  2. N01.224w.625w.650
  3. N06.850w.505.400w.700w.650

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Population Control. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011155. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011155
  2. Population Control. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18421181