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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Public Health
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Salud Pública
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Saúde Pública
Synonyms
English
:
Collective Health
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
MA
manpower
MT
methods
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
28455
Unique Identifier:
D011634
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