Qualifier English: | prevention & control | ||||||
Qualifier Spanish: |
prevención & control
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Qualifier Portuguese: | prevenção & controle | ||||||
Qualifier French: | prévention et contrôle | ||||||
Entry term(s): |
control prevention prevention and control preventive measures preventive therapy prophylaxis |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000517 | ||||||
Scope note: | Used with disease headings for increasing human or animal resistance against disease (e.g., immunization), for control of transmission agents, for prevention and control of environmental hazards, or for prevention and control of social factors leading to disease. It includes preventive measures in individual cases. |
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Annotation: | subheading only; includes "preventive therapy"; includes vaccination; for prevention on epidemiologic or personal level; CATALOGER: may be subdivided geographically |
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Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||||
Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/PC or PC (SH) or SUBS APPLY PC |
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History Note: | 66; used with Category C & F 1966-67; C, F & G 1968-74; C, F1, F3, G3 & I1 1975-89; C & F3 1990 forward |
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Entry Version: | PREV |
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Abbreviation: | PC | ||||||
DeCS ID: | 22054 | ||||||
Unique ID: | Q000517 | ||||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
Date Established: | 1996/01/01 | ||||||
Date of Entry: | 1973/12/27 | ||||||
Revision Date: | 2017/04/11 |
prevention & control
- Preferred
prevention
- Narrower
control
- Narrower
Concept UI |
M0030715 |
Scope note | Used with disease headings for increasing human or animal resistance against disease (e.g., immunization), for control of transmission agents, for prevention and control of environmental hazards, or for prevention and control of social factors leading to disease. It includes preventive measures in individual cases. |
Preferred term | prevention & control |
Entry term(s) |
prevention and control preventive measures preventive therapy prophylaxis |
Concept UI |
M0030717 |
Preferred term | prevention |
Concept UI |
M0030716 |
Preferred term | control |
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