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Medicine, Preventive
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A medical specialty primarily concerned with prevention of disease (PRIMARY PREVENTION) and the promotion and preservation of health in the individual
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Here are entered works on the use of chemical agents or drugs to prevent diseases --subdivision Chemoprevention under individual diseases and types of diseases, e.g. Cancer--Chemoprevention
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Here are entered works on the process of determining the health effects of exposure of individuals or of a population to hazardous materials and/or situations, or on the adverse consequences that may result from the use of a technology or some other action --subdivision Health risk assessment under classes of persons, e.g. Older people--Health risk assessment
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-- See Also the narrower term Hygiene Here are entered works on personal body care and cleanliness. Works on optimal physical, mental, and social well-being, as well as how to achieve and preserve it, are entered under Health --subdivision Care and hygiene under parts of the body, e.g. Foot--Care and hygiene; and subdivision Health and hygiene under classes of persons and ethnic groups
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--subdivision Diseases under individual organs and regions of the body, e.g. Heart--Diseases; Foot--Diseases; also subdivision Pathogenesis under individual diseases and types of diseases, e.g. Tuberculosis--Pathogenesis; and subdivision Diseases--Pathogenesis under individual organs and regions of the body, e.g. Heart--Diseases--Pathogenesis
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--subdivision Health and hygiene under ethnic groups and classes of persons; and subdivision Health aspects under topics and individual wars, e.g. Recreation areas--Health aspects; World War, 1939-1945--Health aspects
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For works on medical self-examination of a part or region of the body, an additional subject entry is made under the heading for the part of the body subdivided by Examination, e.g., 1. Foot--Examination. 2. Self-examination, Medical --subdivision Medical examinations under topical headings, classes of persons, ethnic groups, and individual military services
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--subdivision Diseases--Prevention under individual animals and groups of animals, e.g. Cattle--Diseases--Prevention
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