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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
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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