Phenomena and Processes

Cities

A large or important municipality of a country, usually a major metropolitan center.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A large or important municipality of a country, usually a major metropolitan center.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Municipalities
  • Towns

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, epidemiology, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

IM for cities as sociological or population entities; specific indentions are available (NIM only) for epidemiological or ethnological studies; URBANIZATION is available for the development from rural to urban society; URBAN POPULATION and URBAN HEALTH are also available

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History Note

98; use explode 1967-97

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Previous Indexing

  • specific city (1966-1997)

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Tree Numbers

  1. G16.500.275w.069w
  2. N06.230w.069w
  3. Z01w.433w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002947. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002947
  2. Cities. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City
  3. Cities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515