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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Research, Technology, Methods > methodology > metrology > prevalence
Preferred Term:

prevalence

Definition:
The portion of a population with a specific characteristic, as in the total number of cases at a given time.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
metrology
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • prevalence ratio
  • point prevalence
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/34043
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