Protective Factors

Preferred Label : Protective Factors;

MeSH definition : An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, or inborn or inherited characteristic, which, on the basis of epidemiologic evidence, is known to be associated with prevention or mitigation of a health-related condition considered important to prevent.;

MeSH synonym : Factor, Protective; Factors, Protective; Protective Factor;

MeSH annotation : coordinate NIM with specific disease or other concept (IM);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protective factor;

Details

Origin ID

D065840;

UMLS CUI

C0679688;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Protective Factor [NCIt concept]
Metaterm(s)
- preventive medicine [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- Protective Factors [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Individual Behavior [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Protective Factor [NCIt concept]

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