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LUNG ASSOCIATION [1 record]

Record 1 2013-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Respiratory System
OBS

The Canadian Lung Association is one of Canada's first voluntary health organizations, its aim was to provide facilities for the care of TB (tuberculosis) patients. The first change of name was in 1909, the Canadian Association for the Prevention of Consumption and Other Forms of Tuberculosis for the Canadian Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis; in 1922, the Canadian Tuberculosis Association; in 1968, the Canadian Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association and the final adjustment was made in 1977 for the Canadian Lung Association.

Key term(s)
  • The Lung Association

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Appareil respiratoire
OBS

L'Association pulmonaire du Canada, en tant que premier organisme à but non lucratif, son principal but était de fournir des équipements pour le soin des patients atteints de la tuberculose. De nombreux changements de noms ont eu lieu de 1901 à 1977. En 1915, le premier changement de nom de l'Association canadienne pour l'enrayement de la tuberculose pour devenir l'Association canadienne anti-tuberculose; en 1917, l'Association canadienne de préservation contre la tuberculose; en 1922, l'Association canadienne antituberculeuse; en 1968, l'Association canadienne contre la tuberculose et les maladies respiratoires et enfin en 1977, l'Association pulmonaire du Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Association canadienne de prévention de la tuberculose
  • L'Association pulmonaire

Spanish

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