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public health > public health measure > barrier measure > physical distancing
... > virus > respiratory virus > Coronavirinae > transmission > human to human transmission > prevention > barrier measure > physical distancing
... > virus > RNA virus > positive-strand RNA virus > Nidovirales > Coronaviridae > Coronavirinae > transmission > human to human transmission > prevention > barrier measure > physical distancing

Preferred term

physical distancing  

Definition

  • In public health, social distancing, also called physical distancing, is a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions or measures intended to prevent the spread of a contagious disease by maintaining a physical distance between people and reducing the number of times people come into close contact with each other. (Wikipedia)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • sanitary distancing
  • social distancing

Creator

  • Patricia Fener

In other languages

  • distanciation physique

    French

  • distance sociale
  • distanciation sociale
  • éloignement physique
  • éloignement sanitaire
  • éloignement social

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/C0X-VWX7HZ6F-K

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