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Descriptor English: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Descriptor Spanish: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Descriptor United States Environmental Protection Agency
Entry term(s) Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EE UU)
Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EE. UU.)
Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EE.UU.)
Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EEUU)
Agencia de Protección Ambiental (Estados Unidos)
Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos
Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los Estados Unidos
Agencia de Protección del Medio Ambiente (EE UU)
Agencia de Protección del Medio Ambiente (EE. UU.)
Agencia de Protección del Medio Ambiente (EE.UU.)
Agencia de Protección del Medio Ambiente (EEUU)
Agencia de Protección del Medio Ambiente (Estados Unidos)
Agencia de Protección del Medio Ambiente de Estados Unidos
Agencia de Protección del Medio Ambiente de los Estados Unidos
Scope note: Agencia del gobierno federal de Estados Unidos. Fue creada como agencia normativa independiente, responsable de la aplicación de leyes federales concebidas para proteger el ambiente. Su misión es proteger la salud humana y el MEDIO AMBIENTE.
Descriptor Portuguese: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Descriptor French: Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
Entry term(s): Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
Environmental Protection Agency, United States
USEPA
Tree number(s): I01.409.418.750.937
N03.540.348.500.500.937
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014484
Scope note: An agency in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. It was created as an independent regulatory agency responsible for the implementation of federal laws designed to protect the environment. Its mission is to protect human health and the ENVIRONMENT.
Annotation: add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Government Agencies (1968-1981)
Public MeSH Note: 1991; was see under GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 1982-90
History Note: 1991(1982)
Entry Version: EPA
DeCS ID: 14883
Unique ID: D014484
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/02/26
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
United States Environmental Protection Agency - Preferred
Concept UI M0022284
Scope note An agency in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. It was created as an independent regulatory agency responsible for the implementation of federal laws designed to protect the environment. Its mission is to protect human health and the ENVIRONMENT.
Preferred term United States Environmental Protection Agency
Entry term(s) Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
Environmental Protection Agency, United States
USEPA



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