Disciplines and Occupations

Tropical Medicine

The branch of medicine concerned with diseases, mainly of parasitic origin, common in tropical and subtropical regions.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The branch of medicine concerned with diseases, mainly of parasitic origin, common in tropical and subtropical regions.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Medicine, Tropical

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

use for the specialty only; "tropical diseases" when very general but avoid: prefer specific diseases

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Tree Number

  1. H02w.403w.879w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tropical Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014330. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014330
  2. Tropical Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_medicine
  3. Tropical Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1365243