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Health Surveys | Statistics as Topic |
Incidence | Survival Analysis |
Morbidity | Survival Rate |
Mortality | Vital Statistics |
If you are unsure of the kind of articles indexed with these subject headings, search for the subject term and look at their Scope Note(s).
Option 2: Subject headings will also be assigned subheadings. Subheadings allow you to find articles about a certain aspect of a subject heading. Search for your topic (e.g. Diabetes), then select the following subheadings if available:
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Option 1: Search for your topic (eg. Diabetes), then also include these suggested subject headings:
Biostatistics | Mortality |
Cancer statistics | Prevalence |
Epidemiological data | Statistics |
Health statistics | Statistics as topic |
Incidence | Survival |
Morbidity | Vital statistics |
If you are unsure of the kind of articles indexed with these subject headings, search for the subject term and look at their Scope Note(s).
Option 2: Subject headings will also be assigned subheadings. Subheadings allow you to find articles about a certain aspect of a subject heading. Search for your topic (e.g. Diabetes), then select the subheading epidemiology, if available.
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