retrospective studies

Preferred Label : retrospective studies;

MeSH definition : Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.;

MeSH synonym : studies, retrospective; study, retrospective; retrospective study;

MeSH annotation : IM general only; coordinate NIM with specific disease (IM); specify geographic location if pertinent;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrospective study;

Details

Origin ID

D012189;

UMLS CUI

C0035363;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- retrospective study [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
Record concept(s)
- retrospective studies [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Research Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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