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United States Public Health Service  

Definition

  • As part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) works both to investigate the causes of disease and to combat epidemics. It traces its origins to an Act signed by President John Adams in 1798. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; U.S. Public Health Service]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-GTDC7HRS-Q

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