Letter: Training in Community Medicine and Epidemiology.
1974
G T Stewart
UI
MeSH Term
Description
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D011634
Public Health
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
D003154
Community Medicine
A branch of medicine concerned with the total health of the individual within the home environment and in the community, and with the application of comprehensive care to the prevention and treatment of illness in the entire community.
Medicine, Community
D003191
Comprehensive Health Care
Providing for the full range of personal health services for diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation of patients.
Comprehensive Healthcare,Health Care, Comprehensive,Healthcare, Comprehensive
D004813
Epidemiology
Field concerned with the determination of causes, incidence, and characteristic behavior of disease outbreaks affecting human populations. It includes the interrelationships of host, agent, and environment as related to the distribution and control of disease.
Social Epidemiology,Epidemiologies, Social,Epidemiology, Social,Social Epidemiologies
D012606
Scotland
The most northerly of the four countries of the United Kingdom, occupying about one-third of the island of Great Britain. The capital is Edinburgh.