Named Groups

Adolescent

A person 13 to 18 years of age.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A person 13 to 18 years of age.

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Synonyms

16 entry terms
  • Adolescents
  • Adolescence
  • Adolescents, Female
  • Adolescents, Male
  • Teenagers
  • Teens
  • Youth
  • Adolescent, Female
  • Adolescent, Male
  • Female Adolescent
  • Female Adolescents
  • Male Adolescent
  • Male Adolescents
  • Teen
  • Teenager
  • Youths

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Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings legislation & jurisprudence, physiology.

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Indexing Annotation

almost always check tag: NIM; see Manual Chapter 9

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Adolescent. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000293. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000293
  2. Adolescent. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenager_(word)
  3. Adolescent. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1492760