Concept information
Preferred term
Primary Prevention
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- Specific practices for the prevention of disease or mental disorders in susceptible individuals or populations. These include HEALTH PROMOTION, including mental health; protective procedures, such as COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; and monitoring and regulation of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS. Primary prevention is to be distinguished from SECONDARY PREVENTION and TERTIARY PREVENTION.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Disease Prevention, Primary
- Prevention, Primary
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- classification (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- education (Qualifier)
- ethics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- instrumentation (Qualifier)
- legislation & jurisprudence (Qualifier)
- methods (Qualifier)
- organization & administration (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- statistics & numerical data (Qualifier)
- trends (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Prévention primaire des maladies
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WJMLTKWT-S
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