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MeSH Heading: Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic
Tree Number(s): N05.715.350.240; N06.850.490.718
Unique ID: D015986
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015986
Annotation: IM general only; coordinate NIM with disease /‌epidemiol, not /‌etiol; specify geographic location if pertinent
Scope Note: Factors that can cause or prevent the outcome of interest but are not intermediate variables of the factor(s) under investigation.
Entry Term(s): Confounding Factor, Epidemiologic; Confounding Factors, Epidemiological; Confounding Factors, Epidemiology; Confounding Variables; Confounding Variables, Epidemiologic; Confounding Variables, Epidemiological
Public MeSH Note: 1990
History Note: 2020 (1990); was CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY) 1990-2019
Date Introduced: 1990/01/01
Last Updated: 2020/04/29

Concept UI: M0024436
Scope Note: Factors that can cause or prevent the outcome of interest but are not intermediate variables of the factor(s) under investigation.
Terms: Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic Preferred Term
Term UI T000947283
Date10/04/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Confounding Factors, Epidemiology
Term UI T000946349
Date09/04/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Confounding Factors, Epidemiological
Term UI T000947280
Date10/04/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Confounding Variables, Epidemiologic
Term UI T000947281
Date10/04/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Confounding Variables, Epidemiological
Term UI T000947282
Date10/04/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Confounding Factor, Epidemiologic
Term UI T047454
Date01/29/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

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