epidemiology - CISMeF

Preferred Label : epidemiology;

MeSH definition : Field of medicine concerned with the determination of causes, incidence, and characteristic behavior of disease outbreaks affecting human populations. It includes the interrelationships of host, agent, and environment as related to the distribution and control of disease.; Field concerned with the determination of causes, incidence, and characteristic behavior of disease outbreaks affecting human populations. It includes the interrelationships of host, agent, and environment as related to the distribution and control of disease.;

CISMeF synonym : ep;

MeSH hyponym : Epidemiologies, Social; Epidemiology, Social; Social Epidemiologies;

MeSH annotation : SPEC only: SPEC qualif; prefer /epidemiol with diseases: Manual 19.7 , 19.8.31; do not confuse with TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL: epidemiol emphasizes disease outbreaks & disease-related conditions, topography emphasizes geography-related events; DF: EPIDEMIOL; specialty only; prefer / epidemiol with diseases; do not confuse with TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL: epidemiology emphasizes disease outbreaks & disease-related conditions, topography emphasizes geography-related events;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology;

Details

Origin ID

D004813;

UMLS CUI

C0014507;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
CISMeF manual mappings
- epidemiology [EFMI term]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Epidemiology [Terme SASMAG]
- Epidemiology [NCIt concept]
- epidemiology [CISMeF Metaterm]
False automatic mappings
- EP Regimen [NCIt concept]
- Meier-gorlin syndrome 1 [OMIM Phenotype]
MeSH Descriptor(s) used for indexing
- disease [MeSH Descriptor]
Metaterm(s)
- epidemiology [CISMeF Metaterm]
Ne pas confondre avec
- epidemiologic studies [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- Social Epidemiology [MeSH concept]
- epidemiology [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH term(s)
- epidemiologic methods [MeSH Descriptor]
See also
- Epidemiological Surveillance [DeCS]
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics [DeCS]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Epidemiologists [MeSH Descriptor]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical Occupation or Discipline [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Epidemiology [NCIt concept]
- epidemiology [CISMeF Metaterm]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- epidemiology of primary care [Q-code]

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