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MeSH Heading: Ethnology
Tree Number(s): I01.076.201.450.457
Unique ID: D005007
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005007
Annotation: do not confuse with ETHOLOGY, the study of animal behavior; prefer /‌ethnol
Scope Note: The comparative and theoretical study of culture, often synonymous with cultural anthropology.
Entry Version: ETHNOL
Entry Term(s): Primitive Societies
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1996/06/10

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

education (ED)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

organization & administration (OG)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Ethnology MeSH Descriptor Data 2024