Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

United States Public Health Service

A constituent organization of the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES concerned with protecting and improving the health of the nation.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A constituent organization of the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES concerned with protecting and improving the health of the nation.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Public Health Service
  • Public Health Service (U.S.)
  • USPHS
  • United States. Public Health Service

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Aspects Covered

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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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. United States Public Health Service. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014492. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014492
  2. United States Public Health Service. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service
  3. United States Public Health Service. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q476322