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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Balneology
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Balneología
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Balneologia
Synonyms
English
:
Balneotherapy
Tree Number:
E02.056
E02.779.249
HP3.018.091
Definition
English
:
Therapy by various hot or warm
baths
in natural
mineral waters
, spas, or "cures". It includes not only bathing in, but also
drinking
the waters, but it does not include whirlpool
baths
(
HYDROTHERAPY
).
Indexing Annotation
English
:
balneotherapy goes here or under specifics; differentiate from
HYDROTHERAPY
where emphasis is on plain
water
(not natural mineral
water
; see note there); coordinate with
MINERAL WATERS
as appropriate
See Related
English
:
Health Resorts
Mineral Waters
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ED
education
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MA
manpower
MT
methods
OG
organization & administration
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
1474
Unique Identifier:
D001452
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