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HEALTH SURVEILLANCE [2 records]

Record 1 2023-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
OBS

Health surveillance involves collecting health data to track diseases, the health status of populations and determinants of health trends to promote health, prevent and reduce the impacts of disease and monitor health inequalities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
OBS

La surveillance de la santé consiste à recueillir des données sur la santé pour faire le suivi des maladies, de l'état de santé des populations et des tendances des déterminants de la santé, afin de promouvoir la santé, de prévenir et de réduire les répercussions des maladies, et de surveiller les inégalités en santé.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

The continuing scrutiny of specific individuals for the purpose of identifying disorders or health states.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)

Spanish

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