Health Care

Population

The total number of individuals inhabiting a particular region or area.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The total number of individuals inhabiting a particular region or area.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Populations
  • School Age Population
  • School-Age Population
  • Population, School Age
  • Population, School-Age
  • Populations, School Age
  • Populations, School-Age
  • School Age Populations
  • School-Age Populations

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Aspects Covered

1 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings genetics.

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Indexing Annotation

IM human, NIM animal; /genet allowed; differentiate from DEMOGRAPHY (the statist study of population characteristics)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. N01.600w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Population. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011153. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011153
  2. Population. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_population
  3. Population. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33829