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MeSH Heading: Geography
Tree Number(s): H01.277.500
Unique ID: D005843
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005843
Annotation: IM as the discipline (education, history, etc); NIM with no qualifiers as a coordinate; do not use for epidemiologic aspects of disease, index disease /‌epidemiol + geographic location term
Scope Note: The science dealing with the earth and its life, especially the description of land, sea, and air and the distribution of plant and animal life, including humanity and human industries with reference to the mutual relations of these elements. (From Webster, 3d ed)
Entry Version: GEOGR
Entry Term(s): Factor, Geographic; Factors, Geographic; Geographic Factor; Geographic Factors; Geography, Human; Human Geography
See Also: Maps as Topic; Topography, Medical
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

education (ED)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

organization & administration (OG)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M0009178
Terms: Geographic Factors Preferred Term
Term UI T017685
Date12/26/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Factor, Geographic
Term UI T017682
Date10/13/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Factors, Geographic
Term UI T017683
Date10/13/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Geographic Factor
Term UI T017684
Date10/13/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995)

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