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Descriptor
English
:
Mass Drug Administration
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Administración Masiva de Medicamentos
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Administração Massiva de Medicamentos
Synonyms
English
:
Mass Administration
Drug Administration, Mass
Mass Administrations
Mass Drug Administrations
Tree Number:
E02.319.162.575
N06.850.275.500
N06.850.780.200.600
Definition
English
:
Administration of a medication to at-risk individuals in a
population
without individual
diagnosis
. It is often used in order to treat,
control
, and/or prevent spread of often endemic
DISEASE OUTBREAKS
such as
NEGLECTED DISEASES
in high
disease
burden areas.
See Related
English
:
Mass Vaccination
History Note
English
:
2018
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
CL
classification
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
MT
methods
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PX
psychology
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
UT
utilization
VE
veterinary
Record Number:
57171
Unique Identifier:
D000074381
Occurrence in VHL
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