BISAC Subject Headings List
Health and Fitness
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HEALTH & FITNESS
Use subjects in this section for works aimed at nonprofessionals. For scholarly works and/or works aimed at medical or health care professionals, use subjects in the MEDICAL
Subjects beginning with "HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions" are intended for popular works that discuss preventing or coping with a specific disease or condition and/or for popular works describing the experiences of people with a specific disease or condition. For scholarly or professional works discussing diseases, use subjects in the MEDICAL section that pertain to the branch of medicine that studies the disease in question (if no specific branch of medicine applies, use subjects in the MEDICAL section for the specific disease or type of disease): for example, a textbook about cancer would be assigned a heading beginning with "MEDICAL / Oncology"; a clinical work on AIDS research would be assigned "MEDICAL / AIDS & HIV".
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HEA000000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / General |
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HEA001000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Acupressure & Acupuncture (see also MEDICAL / Acupuncture) |
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HEA027000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Allergies |
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HEA032000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Alternative Therapies |
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HEA029000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Aromatherapy |
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HEA003000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Beauty & Grooming |
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HEA047000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Body Cleansing & Detoxification |
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HEA044000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Breastfeeding |
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HEA053000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Cannabis & CBD |
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HEALTH & FITNESS / Childbirth see Pregnancy & Childbirth |
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HEA046000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Children's Health |
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HEA048000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / General |
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HEA006000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Diets |
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HEA034000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Food Content Guides |
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HEA013000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Macrobiotics |
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HEA017000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition |
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HEA023000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Vitamins |
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HEA019000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Weight Loss |
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HEA039000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General |
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HEA039020 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / AIDS & HIV |
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HEA039140 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Alzheimer's & Dementia |
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HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Brain see Diseases & Conditions / Nervous System (incl. Brain) |
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HEA039030 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Cancer |
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HEA039150 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
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HEA039040 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Contagious (incl. Pandemics) |
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HEA039050 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Diabetes |
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HEA039160 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Endocrine System |
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HEA039010 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Gastrointestinal |
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HEA039060 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Genetic |
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HEA039070 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Genitourinary & STDs |
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HEA039170 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Headaches & Migraines |
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HEA039080 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Heart |
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HEA039090 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Immune & Autoimmune |
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HEA039100 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Musculoskeletal |
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HEA039110 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Nervous System (incl. Brain) |
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HEA039120 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Respiratory |
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HEA039130 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Skin |
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HEA007000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / General |
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HEA002000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / Aerobics |
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HEA007010 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / Aquatic |
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HEA007020 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / Dance |
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HEA007040 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / Interval Training (incl. HIIT) |
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HEA007030 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / Pilates |
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HEA007050 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / Strength Training |
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HEA022000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / Stretching |
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HEA045000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Fertility & Infertility |
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HEA033000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / First Aid |
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HEA009000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Healing |
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HEA028000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues |
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HEA010000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living & Personal Hygiene |
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HEA035000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Hearing & Speech |
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HEA011000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Herbal Medications |
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HEA012000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Holism |
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HEA030000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Homeopathy |
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HEA054000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / LGBTQ+ Health |
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HEA049000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Longevity |
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HEA014000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Massage & Reflexology |
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HEA015000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Men's Health |
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HEA051000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Menopause |
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HEA055000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Mental Health |
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HEA016000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Naturopathy |
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HEA040000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Oral Health |
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HEA036000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Pain Management |
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HEA018000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Physical Impairments |
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HEA041000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Pregnancy & Childbirth |
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HEA020000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference |
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HEALTH & FITNESS / Reflexology see Massage & Reflexology |
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HEA042000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality |
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HEA043000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Sleep |
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HEA052000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Tai Chi |
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HEA050000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Vaccinations |
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HEA037000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Vision |
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HEA024000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health |
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HEA038000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Work-Related Health |
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HEA025000 |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Yoga |
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