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Mathematical Concepts > Probability > Risk > Risk Factors
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Methods > Statistics as Topic > Probability > Risk > Risk Factors
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Methods > Statistics as Topic > Probability > Risk > Risk Factors
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Methods > Statistics as Topic > Probability > Risk > Risk Factors
... > Investigative Techniques > Epidemiologic Methods > Statistics as Topic > Probability > Risk > Risk Factors
... > Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Quality of Health Care > Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms > Statistics as Topic > Probability > Risk > Risk Factors
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Quality of Health Care > Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms > Statistics as Topic > Probability > Risk > Risk Factors
... > Natural Science Disciplines > Mathematics > Statistics as Topic > Probability > Risk > Risk Factors
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Factors > Causality > Risk Factors
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Factors > Causality > Risk Factors
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Factors > Causality > Risk Factors
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Quality of Health Care > Epidemiologic Factors > Causality > Risk Factors
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Quality of Health Care > Epidemiologic Factors > Causality > Risk Factors

Preferred term

Risk Factors  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Correlates, Health
  • Factor, Social Risk
  • Factors, Social Risk
  • Health Correlates
  • Population at Risk
  • Risk Factor, Social
  • Risk Factors, Social
  • Risk Score
  • Risk Scores
  • Score, Risk
  • Social Risk Factor
  • Social Risk Factors

Note

  • human and animal; an epidemiologic concept for risk factors in disease, surgery, etc.: do not confuse with RISK, a statistical concept & aspect of probability; coordinate with specific disease or other concept; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH is available

Scope note

  • An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.

History note

  • 1988; for POPULATION AT RISK use POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS 1983-2016

In other languages

  • riskitekijät

    Finnish

  • määrittämättömät sairauden riskitekijät
  • riskitekijä
  • terveyshaitat
  • terveyshaitta
  • terveysriski
  • terveysriskit
  • terveysvaara
  • terveysvaarat
  • vaaratekijä
  • vaaratekijät
  • Riskfaktorer

    Swedish

  • Befolkning i riskzonen

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012307

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