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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

An agency of the UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE that conducts and supports programs for the prevention and control of disease and provides consultation and assistance to health departments and other countries.

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Abstract

An agency of the UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE that conducts and supports programs for the prevention and control of disease and provides consultation and assistance to health departments and other countries.

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Synonyms

12 entry terms
  • CDC
  • CDCP
  • Center for Disease Control
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Centers for Disease Control
  • Centers for Disease Control (U.S.)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
  • Centers for Disease Control, U.S.
  • United States Centers for Disease Control
  • United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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History Note

2020 (1983); was CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.) 1994-2019; was CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (U.S.) 1983-1993, was CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL 1982, was UNITED STATES CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL 1978-81; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL was see CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (U.S.) 1983-93

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002487. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002487
  2. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention
  3. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q583725