Category C - Diseases

Subheadings

/epidemiology Used with human and veterinary diseases for the distribution of disease, factors which cause disease, and the attributes of disease in defined populations; includes incidence, frequency, prevalence, endemic and epidemic outbreaks; also surveys and estimates of morbidity in geographic areas and in specified populations.

The prevalence of schistosomiasis in Nigeria
SCHISTOSOMIASIS /*epidemiol
NIGERIA /epidemiol
PREVALENCE

/ethnology Used with diseases for ethnic, cultural, anthropological, or racial aspects

Incidence of hypertension in Hispanic Americans
HYPERTENSION /*ethnol
HISPANIC AMERICANS/ *statist
INCIDENCE
HUMAN (check tag)

/mortality Used with human and veterinary diseases for mortality statistics

Mortality of women with ovarian cancer
OVARIAN NEOPLASMS/ *mortal
HUMAN (check tag)
FEMALE (check tag)