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MeSH Heading: Live Birth
Tree Number(s): G08.686.784.769.496.249
Unique ID: D050498
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D050498
Annotation: use only in relation to the outcome of the pregnancy; use BIRTH for the physiologic process of giving birth
Scope Note: The event that a FETUS is born alive with heartbeats or RESPIRATION regardless of GESTATIONAL AGE. Such liveborn is called a newborn infant (INFANT, NEWBORN).
Previous Indexing: Infant, Newborn (1967-2003); Pregnancy (1967-2003); Pregnancy Outcome (2004-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see PREGNANCY OUTCOME 2004-2005
History Note: 2006; use PREGNANCY OUTCOME 2004-2005
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2018/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: economics (EC)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

genetics (GE)

psychology (PX)

veterinary (VE)

Live Birth MeSH Descriptor Data 2025