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.
Community Health,Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health,Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health,Health, Community,Health, Public
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Czechoslovakia
Created as a republic in 1918 by Czechs and Slovaks from territories formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia 1 January 1993.
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Europe, Eastern
The region of Europe generally from the area of the Baltic Sea to the Ural Mountains of Russia.
Eastern Europe
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Socialism
A system of government in which means of production and distribution of goods are controlled by the state.
Socialisms
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USSR
A country located from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, for a time including 15 Soviet Socialist Republics. The capital was Moscow.