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MeSH Heading: Refugees
Tree Number(s): M01.755
Unique ID: D012036
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012036
Annotation: specify geographic location if pertinent
Scope Note: Persons fleeing to a place of safety, especially those who flee to a foreign country or power to escape danger, persecution, or economic distress in their own country or habitual residence.
Entry Term(s): Asylum Seekers; Displaced Persons; Internally Displaced Persons; Political Asylum Seekers; Political Refugees
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/03/04

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

education (ED)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Concept UI: M0018710
Scope Note: Persons fleeing to a place of safety, especially those who flee to a foreign country or power to escape danger, persecution, or economic distress in their own country or habitual residence.
Terms: Refugees Preferred Term
Term UI T035828
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1986); Political Refugees
Term UI T000949420
Date12/10/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Asylum Seekers
Term UI T000949421
Date12/10/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Political Asylum Seekers
Term UI T000949422
Date12/10/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020)

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