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Precipitating Factors MeSH Descriptor Data 2023


MeSH Heading
Precipitating Factors
Tree Number(s)
N05.715.350.200.650
N06.850.490.625.500
Unique ID
D015985
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015985
Annotation
IM general only; coordinate NIM with disease, accident, or behavioral response
Scope Note
Factors associated with the definitive onset of a disease, illness, accident, behavioral response, or course of action. Usually one factor is more important or more obviously recognizable than others, if several are involved, and one may often be regarded as "necessary". Examples include exposure to specific disease; amount or level of an infectious organism, drug, or noxious agent, etc.
Previous Indexing
Risk (1966-1989)
specific disease/epidemiology (1966-1989)
specific disease/etiology (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note
90
History Note
90
Date Established
1990/01/01
Date of Entry
1989/05/25
Revision Date
2008/07/08

No Qualifiers
Precipitating Factors Preferred
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