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Descriptor English: United States Department of Defense
Descriptor Spanish: United States Department of Defense
Descriptor United States Department of Defense
Entry term(s) Departamento de Defensa de Estados Unidos
Scope note: Ministerio del poder ejecutivo del gobierno estadounidense cuya misión es proporcionar las fuerzas militares necesarias para impedir la GUERRA y proteger la seguridad de los Estados Unidos.
Descriptor Portuguese: United States Department of Defense
Descriptor French: Department of Defense (USA)
Entry term(s): Department of Defense (U.S.)
United States Dept. of Defense
Tree number(s): I01.409.418.750.500
N03.540.348.500.500.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059030
Scope note: A cabinet department in the Executive Branch of the United States Government whose mission is to provide the military forces needed to deter WARFARE and to protect the security of our country.
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 (1966-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
DeCS ID: 54361
Unique ID: D059030
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Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2015/07/13
United States Department of Defense - Preferred
Concept UI M0545924
Scope note A cabinet department in the Executive Branch of the United States Government whose mission is to provide the military forces needed to deter WARFARE and to protect the security of our country.
Preferred term United States Department of Defense
Entry term(s) Department of Defense (U.S.)
United States Dept. of Defense



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