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Health Occupations > Medicine > Geography, Medical > Topography, Medical
Natural Science Disciplines > Earth Sciences > Geography > Geography, Medical > Topography, Medical

Preferred term

Topography, Medical  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Medical Topography

Note

  • IM as the discipline (education, history, etc); use as an NIM coordinate with specific disease /epidemiol (IM) or medical or physiologic aspect (IM) + specific geographic locale; do not use for anatomical topography ( = organ /anat)

Scope note

  • The systematic surveying, mapping, charting, and description of specific geographical sites, with reference to the physical features that were presumed to influence health and disease. Medical topography should be differentiated from EPIDEMIOLOGY in that the former emphasizes geography whereas the latter emphasizes disease outbreaks.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019371

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