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MeSH Heading: Malnutrition
Tree Number(s): C18.654.521
Unique ID: D044342
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D044342
Scope Note: An imbalanced nutritional status resulting from insufficient intake of nutrients to meet normal physiological requirement.
Entry Term(s): Malnourishment; Nutritional Deficiency; Undernutrition
Previous Indexing: Nutrition Disorders (1964-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see NUTRITION DISORDERS 1975-2003
History Note: 2004; use NUTRITION DISORDERS 1975-2003
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2016/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0015121
Scope Note: An imbalanced nutritional status resulting from insufficient intake of nutrients to meet normal physiological requirement.
Terms: Malnutrition Preferred Term
Term UI T028950
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Malnourishment
Term UI T000902241
Date06/02/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Undernutrition
Term UI T523743
Date10/22/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Nutritional Deficiency
Term UI T523744
Date10/22/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004)

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