secondary prevention

collocation in English

meaningsofsecondaryandprevention

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secondary
adjective
uk
/ˈsek.ən.dri/
us
/ˈsek.ən.der.i/
less important than ...
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prevention
noun[U]
uk
/prɪˈven.ʃən/
us
/prɪˈven.ʃən/
the act of stopping something from happening or of stopping someone from ...
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(Definition ofsecondaryandpreventionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Both primary andsecondarypreventioncases were represented.
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These results suggest that both primary andsecondarypreventionare needed to mitigate the long-term effects of childhood adversity on depression.
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A longitudinal prediction model suggests strategies for primary andsecondaryprevention.
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This may lead tosecondarypreventionof the psychiatric chronicity and comorbidity commonly seen in maltreated children.
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Clinical trials of antibiotics have not shown decisively positive results for either primary orsecondarypreventionof coronary events.
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More recently, cholesterol-lowering especially forsecondarypreventionof stroke has been identified as a useful intervention.
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Risk-factor modification andsecondarypreventionmay have important effects on long-term prognosis.
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What is shown in earlier studies is thatsecondarypreventionis cost-effective (12;13).
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The twosecondarypreventiontrials (1;10) reporting quality of life have inconsistent findings using a range of measures.
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The meta-analysis (11) pooled raw data from the same threesecondarypreventiontrials (1;10;21) as did one of the systematic reviews (14).
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Research should be directed toward both primary andsecondaryprevention.
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The greatest future reduction could be from primary andsecondaryprevention, especially control of cigarette smoking in men, improved diet, and reduction of occupational exposures.
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Evaluation of indicated preventive intervention (secondaryprevention) mental health programs for children and adolescents.
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It will be noted that some of the literature reviewed relates to thesecondarypreventionof heart disease.
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Similarly, while many comprehensive programmes include advice onsecondaryprevention, evaluations of secondary prevention alone are usually omitted f rom reviews of cardiac rehabilitation.
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The scope for this study comprised articles related to primary andsecondaryprevention.
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Randomised trial of estrogen plus progestin forsecondarypreventionof coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women.
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Information collected includes demographic data, clinical data, potential risk factors in the 6 months prior to illness, place of residence, andsecondarypreventionmeasures.
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