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Soviet journal "Medical Geography" and its role in the development of this branch of science. 1984

A A Keller

A brief review of the "Medical Geography" (USSR), the only subject abstracting journal in the world, and the main branches of the Soviet medical geography: theory and methodology, application of mathematical methods (mathematical modelling) and computers, medico-geographical cartography, nosogeography, epidemiological geography, effects of the geographical environment on the health and organization of public health, medical study in the countries are presented.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010506	Periodicals as Topic	Works about publications issued at stated, more or less regular, intervals.	Journals as Topic,Magazines,Newsletters,Magazine,Newsletter
D004813	Epidemiology	Field concerned with the determination of causes, incidence, and characteristic behavior of disease outbreaks affecting human populations. It includes the interrelationships of host, agent, and environment as related to the distribution and control of disease.	Social Epidemiology,Epidemiologies, Social,Epidemiology, Social,Social Epidemiologies
D005843	Geography	The science dealing with the earth and its life, especially the description of land, sea, and air and the distribution of plant and animal life, including humanity and human industries with reference to the mutual relations of these elements. (From Webster, 3d ed)	Factor, Geographic,Factors, Geographic,Geographic Factor,Geographic Factors,Geography, Human,Human Geography
D014586	USSR	A country located from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, for a time including 15 Soviet Socialist Republics. The capital was Moscow.	Soviet Union,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics