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- Scope Note
- Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease or disability and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.
- Broader Keyword
- HEALTH
- Narrower Keyword
- EPIDEMIOLOGY
- HYGIENE
- PARASITE CONTROL
- SAFETY
- SANITATION
- Related Keyword
- COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL
- PREVENTIVE MEDICINE