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Descriptor English: Crimes against Public Health
Descriptor Spanish: Delitos contra la Salud Pública
Descriptor delitos contra la salud pública
Scope note: Subclase de delitos contra la seguridad pública que tienen la característica general de provocar una situación de peligro común para la salud jurídica de la población, tales como la falta de notificación de enfermedades, el ejercicio ilegal de la medicina, la charlatanería y la brujería.
Descriptor Portuguese: Crimes contra a Saúde Pública
Descriptor French: Crimes contre la santé publique
Tree number(s): SP9.242.569.299.300.322
Scope note: Subclass of crimes against public safety that have the general characteristic of provoking a situation of common danger to the legal health of the population, such as failure to notify disease, illegal practice of medicine, quackery and witchcraft.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 60059
Unique ID: DDCS060059
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Date of Entry: 2022/04/29
Crimes against Public Health - Preferred
Concept UI FD00066645
Scope note Subclass of crimes against public safety that have the general characteristic of provoking a situation of common danger to the legal health of the population, such as failure to notify disease, illegal practice of medicine, quackery and witchcraft.
Preferred term Crimes against Public Health



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