Structured Summary
Abstract
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.
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Used as a Subheading
Epidemiology is also a MeSH subheading (qualifier Q000453), attached to other headings to focus them on this aspect:
Used with human and veterinary diseases for the distribution of disease, factors which cause disease, and the attributes of disease in defined populations; includes incidence, frequency, prevalence, endemic and epidemic outbreaks; also surveys and estimates of morbidity in geographic areas and in specified populations. Used also with geographical headings for the location of epidemiologic aspects of a disease. Excludes mortality for which mortality is used.
- Qualifier ID
- Q000453
- Qualifier Tree
- Y09.010
Indexing annotation
subhead only; with diseases & geographicals only; includes "incidence", "frequency", "prevalence", "occurrence", "outbreaks"; not for "mortality" ( = /mortality); not for "statistics" on non-disease terms ( = /statist); see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.31; DF: /epidemiol or /EP CATALOG: may be subdivided geographically
Subheading synonyms
- endemics
- epidemics
- frequency
- incidence
- morbidity
- occurrence
- outbreaks
- prevalence
- surveillance
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Synonyms
4 entry terms
- Social Epidemiology
- Epidemiologies, Social
- Epidemiology, Social
- Social Epidemiologies
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Aspects Covered
11 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
specialty only; prefer /epidemiol with diseases; do not confuse with TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL: epidemiology emphasizes disease outbreaks & disease-related conditions, topography emphasizes geography-related events
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Epidemiology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004813. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004813
- Epidemiology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology
- Epidemiology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133805