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Descriptor
English
:
Preventive Medicine
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Medicina Preventiva
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Medicina Preventiva
Synonyms
English
:
Care, Preventative
Care, Preventive
Medicine, Preventative
Medicine, Preventive
Preventative Care
Preventative Medicine
Preventive Care
Tree Number:
H02.403.720.750
Definition
English
:
A medical specialty primarily concerned with prevention of
disease
(
PRIMARY PREVENTION
) and the promotion and preservation of
health
in the individual.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
use for the specialty; for specific
disease
, use /prev;
PRIMARY PREVENTION
,
SECONDARY PREVENTION
and
TERTIARY PREVENTION
are also available
See Related
English
:
Disease Prevention
Health Promotion
Preventive Health Services
Public Health
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ED
education
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MT
methods
OG
organization & administration
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
28454
Unique Identifier:
D011315
Occurrence in VHL
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