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Public Health

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Definition: Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.  SPEC; SPEC qualif; a venerable hist & modern concept of the health & health problems of "the public": do not confuse with NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS   
See Also Preventive Medicine; Social Medicine; Zoonoses
Examples Epidemiology; Preventive Medicine 		Other names Health, Public; Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health; Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health

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