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NTD [4 records]

Record 1 2016-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Sociology of Medicine
  • Ethics and Morals
DEF

[A decision leading to] withdrawing or withholding a curative or life-sustaining treatment because in the given situation, [the] treatment is deemed to be no longer meaningful or effective.

Key term(s)
  • nontreatment decision

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Sociologie de la médecine
  • Éthique et Morale

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
OBS

neglected tropical disease: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • neglected tropical diseases

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
OBS

maladie tropicale négligée : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • maladies tropicales négligées

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
DEF

Enfermedad infecciosa que prolifera en entornos empobrecidos, especialmente en el ambiente caluroso y húmedo de los climas tropicales.

OBS

La mayoría son enfermedades parasitarias transmitidas por insectos, como mosquitos, simúlidos, flebótomos, la mosca tsetsé, la vinchuca y las llamadas moscas de suciedad. Otras se propagan por el agua contaminada y el suelo infestado por huevos de gusanos.

OBS

enfermedad tropical desatendida: término utilizado generalmente en plural.

Key term(s)
  • enfermedades tropicales desatendidas
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Record 3 2006-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pregnancy, Reproduction and Perinatal Period
  • Dietetics
CONT

All women who could become pregnant are at risk of having babies with neural tube defects (NTDs). These are serious birth defects that consist of abnormalities in the baby's brain, skull or spine. Research has shown that women who take a daily vitamin supplement containing folic acid before conception and in the early weeks of pregancy can reduce the risk of having a baby with a NTD.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grossesse, Reproduction et Périnatalité
  • Diététique
CONT

Toutes les femmes sont susceptibles de donner naissance à un enfant atteint d'une anomalie du tube neural. Cette malformation congénitale touche la colonne vertébrale, le cerveau ou le crâne. La recherche a démontré que les femmes qui prennent chaque jour un supplément vitaminique renfermant de l'acide folique avant de devenir enceintes et au début de la grossesse peuvent réduire le risque d'avoir un bébé atteint d'une anomalie du tube neural.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
Key term(s)
  • dólar de Taiwán
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