Population Group
person
per·son [ pur-suhn ]
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Named Groups (MeSH Category)
Definitions related to persons:
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A living subject of the species homo sapiens.NCI Health Level 7 VocabularyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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A human being.BRIDG Model DictionaryBiomedical Research Integrated Domain Group, 2019
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Persons as individuals (e.g., ABORTION APPLICANTS) or as members of a group (e.g., HISPANIC AMERICANS). It is not used for members of the various professions (e.g., PHYSICIANS) or occupations (e.g., LIBRARIANS) for which OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS is available.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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