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Babies
Use: Infants

Back
Narrower terms: Spine
Broader Terms: Anatomy
Related Terms: Back pain, Orthopedics, Scoliosis, Spinal cord injuries

Back injuries
Use: Back pain, Spinal cord injuries, Spine

Back pain [SCOPE NOTE: Includes muscular damage or injury to the back, back problems or back care; for injuries to the spinal column, use SPINAL CORD INJURIES]
Broader Terms: Pain
Related Terms: Back, Orthopedics, Spinal cord injuries, Spine
Use for: Back injuries, Low back pain

Bacterial infection
Use: Infections

Balance
Use: Equilibrium

Barrier free access
Use: Accessibility, Program accessibility

Barrier free design
Use: Universal design

Barriers [SCOPE NOTE: Environmental conditions which hinder or restrict full participation in daily life. For prejudicial and similar barriers, see ATTITUDINAL BARRIERS. For facility, furniture, or design barriers, use ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS. Term added June 1998.]
Narrower terms: Architectural barriers, Attitudinal barriers

Bathrooms
Related Terms: Architectural accessibility, Home modification, Housing, Universal design
Use for: Toilet room

Bed sores
Use: Pressure sores

Behavior [SCOPE NOTE: Individual conduct in response to environment and stimuli]
Narrower terms: Aggression, Assertiveness, Behavior problems, Group behavior
Related Terms: Behavior modification, Depression, Emotions, Motivation, Personality, Self concept

Behavior disorders [SCOPE NOTE: Disorders resulting in aberrant behavior; term added June 1989]
Broader Terms: Psychiatric disabilities
Related Terms: Behavior problems, Emotional disorders, Psychiatry, Psychology, Violence
Use for: Addiction

Behavior modification [SCOPE NOTE: Systematic process of using the consequences of a specific behavior to help individuals change their behavior, designed to change behavior in a direction desirable for functioning in society; includes reinforcement]
Related Terms: Aggression, Assertiveness, Behavior, Behavior problems, Biofeedback, Disincentives, Incentives, Personality, Psychiatric disabilities
Use for: Behavioral treatment, Conditioning, Negative reinforcement, Positive behavioral support, Positive reinforcement, Punishment, Roles

Behavior problems [SCOPE NOTE: Problem behavior and behavior management strategies for problems not caused by psychiatric or psychological behavior disorders. For aberrant behavior caused by psychiatric or psychological conditions, use BEHAVIOR DISORDERS. Term added July 1998.]
Narrower terms: Aggression
Broader Terms: Behavior
Related Terms: Behavior disorders, Behavior modification, Violence
Use for: Problem behavior

Behavioral treatment
Use: Behavior modification, Cognition

Bereavement
Use: Grief

Bibliographies [SCOPE NOTE: Includes single documents composed entirely of bibliographic citations, documents with extensive bibliographies appended, and annotated bibliographies]
Broader Terms: Information resources
Related Terms: Abstracts, Indexes

Bibliotherapy [SCOPE NOTE: Used to promote mental health through reading materials]
Broader Terms: Therapy
Related Terms: Art therapy, Arts, Music therapy

Biochemistry [SCOPE NOTE: Chemistry of living tissues or of life; physiological or biological chemistry]
Related Terms: Chemotherapy, Histology, Physiology

Bioengineering [SCOPE NOTE: Application of engineering to principles of biological or medical science]
Related Terms: Cybernetics, Electrophysiology, Rehabilitation engineering
Use for: Biomechanics

Biofeedback [SCOPE NOTE: Technique of making unconscious or involuntary bodily processes, such as heartbeat or brain waves, perceptible to the conscious mind in order to manipulate them by conscious mental control; used only when term is used in document]
Broader Terms: Feedback
Related Terms: Behavior modification

Biographies [SCOPE NOTE: Written accounts of persons' lives]
Related Terms: Disability studies
Use for: Autobiography

Biomaterials
Use: Implants

Biomechanics
Use: Bioengineering

Birth defects
Use: Congenital disorders

Bladder
Use: Bladder function, Urinary disorders

Bladder function [SCOPE NOTE: Includes function of the urinary system orgallbladder; excludes bladder disorders]
Related Terms: Bowel function, Catheterization, Urinary disorders
Use for: Bladder, Toileting

Blindness [SCOPE NOTE: A condition causing loss of sight. For material addressing people with blindness and services to people who are blind, use BLIND. For conditions causing partial blindness, use VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS.]
Broader Terms: Disabilities, Visual impairments
Related Terms: Blind, Deaf blind, Low vision

Blood disorders [SCOPE NOTE: Includes any illness caused by abnormality in the blood or bloodstream]
Narrower terms: Anemia, Hemophilia, Sickle cell anemia
Related Terms: Blood pressure

Blood pressure [SCOPE NOTE: Pressure exerted by the circulating blood on the walls of the vessels of the heart, especially the arteries; pressure as measured by sphygmomanometry]
Related Terms: Blood disorders
Use for: High blood pressure, Hypertension

Body [SCOPE NOTE: Includes body parts not listed separately; for injuries, impairments, and disorders, use descriptors relating to specific disorder or treatment]
Narrower terms: Bones, Brain, Joints, Limbs, Muscles, Nerves, Spinal cord, Spine, Tissues
Broader Terms: Anatomy
Related Terms: Physiology
Use for: Organs

Body coordination
Use: Ambulation, Body movement, Equilibrium, Mobility, Motor skills

Body image
Use: Self concept

Body movement [SCOPE NOTE: Body motion relating to skeletal, muscular, and visceral systems; includes range of motion, normal or abnormal movement]
Narrower terms: Ambulation, Spasticity
Related Terms: Bones, Equilibrium, Mobility, Motor skills
Use for: Body coordination, Human motion

Bone diseases
Use: Bones

Bone disorders
Use: Bones

Bones
Broader Terms: Anatomy, Body
Related Terms: Body movement, Joints, Limbs, Musculoskeletal disorders, Orthopedics
Use for: Bone diseases, Bone disorders

Bowel function [SCOPE NOTE: Evacuation of feces]
Related Terms: Bladder function, Urinary disorders
Use for: Toileting

Boys
Use: Males, Youth

Braces
Use: Orthotics

Braille [SCOPE NOTE: Reading and writing system for the blind; made up of raised dots in a six dot cell arranged in two vertical columns]
Broader Terms: Tactile systems
Related Terms: Blind, Communication devices, Deaf blind, Sensory aids, Visual impairments
Use for: Signage

Brain
Broader Terms: Body, Nervous system
Related Terms: Brain damage, Brain injuries, Intelligence, Nervous system

Brain damage [SCOPE NOTE: Includes intracranial birth injury and/or its results]
Related Terms: Brain, Brain injuries, Cerebral palsy, Congenital disorders, Neurological disorders, Paralysis

Brain injuries [SCOPE NOTE: Includes head and brain injuries occurring other than at birth]
Narrower terms: Stroke
Broader Terms: Disabilities, Injuries
Related Terms: Aphasia, Brain, Brain damage, Coma, Hemiplegia, Neurological disorders, Paralysis, Paraplegia, Quadriplegia
Use for: Closed head injuries, Head injuries, Trauma, Traumatic brain injury

Breathing
Use: Respiratory disease

Brothers
Use: Siblings

Budget [SCOPE NOTE: Plan for coordinating resources and expenditures or the amount of money available for, required for, or assigned to a particular purpose; includes budgeting]
Related Terms: Accounting, Contract procurement, Costs, Income, Management, Planning
Use for: Finance

Building codes
Use: Facilities standards, Standards

Bulimia
Use: Eating disorders

Burnout
Related Terms: Mental stress

Burns [SCOPE NOTE: Includes treatment of burn injuries, burn therapy]
Broader Terms: Skin disorders
Related Terms: Facial disfigurement
Use for: Trauma

Business [SCOPE NOTE: Commercial or mercantile activity used as a means of livelihood; includes industry]
Related Terms: Administrators, Income, Supervisors, Taxes, Unions
Use for: Private sector

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