Physical Abuse MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Physical Abuse
Tree Number(s): I01.198.240.856.688; I01.880.735.900.744
Unique ID: D000066550
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000066550
Scope Note: Violence inflicted on an individual through physical contact.
Entry Term(s): Physical Maltreatment; Physical Violence
Previous Indexing: Child Abuse (1963-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2016
History Note: 2016
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/01
Revision Date: 2015/04/09

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

ethnology (EH)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Social Sciences [I01]
- Criminology [I01.198]
  - Crime [I01.198.240]
    - Violence [I01.198.240.856]

Social Sciences [I01]
- Sociology [I01.880]
  - Social Problems [I01.880.735]
    - Violence [I01.880.735.900]

Physical Abuse Preferred

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