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- SCOPE NOTE: explains HOW the term has been used to index items in the library database; defines the term
- USE: denotes a preferred term or phrase
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- BROADER TERM: broader or more general terms or phrases
- NARROWER TERM: narrower or more specific terms or phrases; a subset of the indicated broader term
- RELATED TERM: a term or phrase that is conceptually or associatively linked with the indicated preferred term
Thesaurus: 1501 entries.
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES (Search for related entries in the library)
Scope Note: Facilities designed to provide care to people who require long-term care for chronic or acute illness or disability.
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LONG-TERM DISABILITY
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LOS ANGELES (Search for related entries in the library)
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LOW INCOME (Search for related entries in the library)
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LUDDITES (Search for related entries in the library)
Scope Note: Workers in 19th century England who destroyed machinery as a form of protest against poor working conditions and unemployment. The term has since come to mean any opponent of technology.
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LUXEMBOURG (Search for related entries in the library)
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MACROECONOMICS (Search for related entries in the library)
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MADRID (Search for related entries in the library)
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MAIDS
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MAIL-ORDER INDUSTRY (Search for related entries in the library)
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