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MeSH Heading: Sociology
Tree Number(s): F04.096.879.757; I01.880
Unique ID: D012961
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012961
Annotation: specialty; use SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS or specifics treed under it for sociological characteristics and phenomena; /‌methods: probably SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES
Scope Note: A social science dealing with group relationships, patterns of collective behavior, and social organization.
Entry Term(s): General Social Development and Population
See Also: Group Processes
Public MeSH Note: RELIGION AND SOCIOLOGY was heading 1963-65
History Note: RELIGION AND SOCIOLOGY was heading 1963-65
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/06/18

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)

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