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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Disease Attributes > Noncommunicable Diseases

Preferred term

Noncommunicable Diseases  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Disease, Non-communicable
  • Non-communicable Disease
  • Non communicable Diseases
  • Non-communicable Diseases
  • Non-infectious Disease
  • Noninfectious Disease
  • Non infectious Diseases
  • Non-infectious Diseases
  • Noninfectious Diseases

Scope note

  • Diseases which are typically non-infectious in origin and do not transmit from an affected individual to others. The four main types of noncommunicable diseases are CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (e.g., heart attacks and stroke), CANCER, chronic respiratory diseases (e.g., CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE and ASTHMA) and DIABETES MELLITUS.

History note

  • 2018

In other languages

  • tartuntatauteihin kuulumattomat taudit

    Finnish

  • muut sairaudet kuin tartuntataudit
  • muut taudit kuin tartuntataudit
  • tartuntatauteihin kuulumattomat krooniset sairaudet
  • tartuntatauteihin kuulumattomat krooniset taudit
  • tartuntatauteihin kuulumattomat sairaudet
  • Icke smittsamma sjukdomar

    Swedish

  • Icke infektiösa sjukdomar

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000073296

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