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Descriptor
English
:
Public Health
Descriptor
Spanish
:
salud pública
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Saúde Pública
Synonyms
English
:
Community Health
Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health
Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Health, Community
Health, Public
Public Health Education
Tree Number:
H02.403.720
N01.400.550
N06.850
SH1.020.020.040.060
SP4.001.002.043
Definition
English
:
Branch of
medicine
concerned with the prevention and
control
of
disease
and disability, and the promotion of physical and
mental health
of the
population
on the international, national, state, or municipal level.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
SPEC; SPEC qualif; a venerable hist & modern concept of the
health
&
health
problems of "the public": do not confuse with
NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS
Entry Combination - descr/qualif
English
:
Public Health
/
organization & administration
use
Public Health Administration
See Related
English
:
Preventive Medicine
Social Medicine
Zoonoses
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ED
education
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MT
methods
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
28455
Unique Identifier:
D011634
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