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Sampling Studies MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Sampling Studies
Tree Number(s): E05.318.372.875; N05.715.360.330.875; N06.850.520.450.875
Unique ID: D012494
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012494
Annotation: NIM with specific study IM; epidemiological & statistical only: not for blood samples, soil samples, water samples, air samples, etc.
Scope Note: Studies in which a number of subjects are selected from all subjects in a defined population. Conclusions based on sample results may be attributed only to the population sampled.
Entry Term(s): Probability Sample
Public MeSH Note: 67
History Note: 67(65)
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29

No Qualifiers

Investigative Techniques [E05]
- Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
  - Epidemiologic Study Characteristics [E05.318.372]

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
- Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
  - Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
    - Epidemiologic Study Characteristics [N05.715.360.330]

Environment and Public Health [N06]
- Public Health [N06.850]
  - Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
    - Epidemiologic Study Characteristics [N06.850.520.450]

Sampling Studies Preferred

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