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Descriptor English: Peace Corps
Descriptor Spanish: Peace Corps
Descriptor Peace Corps
Scope note: Fundado en 1961 y constituido como organismo independiente en 1981, su misión es ayudar a las personas de países interesados a satisfacer sus necesidades de hombres y mujeres capacitados, así como ayudar a promover un mejor conocimiento mutuo entre los estadounidenses y los ciudadanos de otros países. (Traducción libre del original: United States Government Manual, 2006-2007, p. 497).
Descriptor Portuguese: Peace Corps
Descriptor French: Peace Corps (USA)
Entry term(s): Peace Corps (U.S.)
Tree number(s): I01.409.418.750.099
N03.540.348.500.500.099
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054704
Scope note: It was established in 1961 and made an independent agency in 1981. Its mission is to help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women, and to help promote better mutual understanding between Americans and citizens of other countries. (United States Government Manual, 2006-2007, pg497)
Annotation: add UNITED STATES; 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 (1979-2007)
Public MeSH Note: 2008
History Note: 2008
DeCS ID: 52917
Unique ID: D054704
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Peace Corps - Preferred
Concept UI M0009566
Scope note It was established in 1961 and made an independent agency in 1981. Its mission is to help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women, and to help promote better mutual understanding between Americans and citizens of other countries. (United States Government Manual, 2006-2007, pg497)
Preferred term Peace Corps
Entry term(s) Peace Corps (U.S.)



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