Risk Assessment MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Risk Assessment
Tree Number(s): E05.318.740.600.800.715; N04.452.871.715; N05.715.360.750.625.700.690; N06.850.505.715; N06.850.520.830.600.800.715
Unique ID: D018570
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018570
Annotation: usually NIM
Scope Note: The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988)
Entry Version: RISK ASSESS
Entry Term(s): Assessment, Risk; Benefit-Risk Assessment; Health Risk Assessment; Risk Analysis; Risk-Benefit Assessment; Risks and Benefits
Previous Indexing: Risk Factors (1992-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/01
Revision Date: 2021/05/12

Allowable Qualifiers: economics (EC)

ethnology (EH)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Investigative Techniques [E05]
- Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
  - Statistics as Topic [E05.318.740]
    - Probability [E05.318.740.600]
      - Risk [E05.318.740.600.800]
        
        Logistic Models [E05.318.740.600.800.450]
        
        Protective Factors [E05.318.740.600.800.582]
        
        Risk Assessment [E05.318.740.600.800.715]
        
        Adverse Outcome Pathways [E05.318.740.600.800.715.250]
        
        Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis [E05.318.740.600.800.715.500]
        
        Risk Factors [E05.318.740.600.800.725]

Health Services Administration [N04]
- Organization and Administration [N04.452]
  - Risk Management [N04.452.871]

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
- Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
  - Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
    - Statistics as Topic [N05.715.360.750]
      - Probability [N05.715.360.750.625]
        
        Risk [N05.715.360.750.625.700]
        
        Logistic Models [N05.715.360.750.625.700.450]
        
        Protective Factors [N05.715.360.750.625.700.570]
        
        Risk Assessment [N05.715.360.750.625.700.690]
        
        Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis [N05.715.360.750.625.700.690.400]
        
        Risk Adjustment [N05.715.360.750.625.700.690.800]
        
        Risk Factors [N05.715.360.750.625.700.700]

Environment and Public Health [N06]
- Public Health [N06.850]
  - Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]

Environment and Public Health [N06]
- Public Health [N06.850]
  - Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
    - Statistics as Topic [N06.850.520.830]
      - Probability [N06.850.520.830.600]
        
        Risk [N06.850.520.830.600.800]
        
        Logistic Models [N06.850.520.830.600.800.450]
        
        Protective Factors [N06.850.520.830.600.800.582]
        
        Risk Assessment [N06.850.520.830.600.800.715]
        
        Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis [N06.850.520.830.600.800.715.500]
        
        Risk Factors [N06.850.520.830.600.800.725]

Risk Assessment Preferred

Benefit-Risk Assessment Narrower

Risks and Benefits Related

Risk Analysis Related

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