"Precipitating Factors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Factors associated with the definitive onset of a disease, illness, accident, behavioral response, or course of action. Usually one factor is more important or more obviously recognizable than others, if several are involved, and one may often be regarded as "necessary". Examples include exposure to specific disease; amount or level of an infectious organism, drug, or noxious agent, etc.
| Descriptor ID |
D015985
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.200.650 N06.850.490.625.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Precipitating Factors- Precipitating Factors
- Factor, Precipitating
- Factors, Precipitating
- Precipitating Factor
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