disease prevention
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdiseaseandprevention
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disease
noun
uk/dɪˈziːz/us/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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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 ofdiseaseandpreventionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A general literature review revealed more than 1,000 systematic reviews in the general field ofdiseasepreventionand control.
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But the agencies responsible fordiseaseprevention(as well as control) are now beginning to look seriously at this area.
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Highly connected habitat requires nearly all the government budget be devoted todiseasepreventionand control.
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Accordingly, the search for the most cost-effective screening method involves balancing detection rate anddiseasepreventionwith program costs, safety, and long-term subject compliance.
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Other conditions amenable to disease management include congestive heart failure, secondary cardiovasculardiseaseprevention, asthma, rheumatic disorders, and hypertension.
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It is important to basediseasepreventionefforts on scientific evidence.
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However, pest anddiseasepreventionmeasures had to be taken to obtain high yields of this mint.
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Much of health promotion anddiseasepreventionis about groups.
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This observation applies todiseasepreventionand health promotion activities and to all other technologies.
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A final example was a study of antioxidants asdiseaseprevention.
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Persuading the leadership of both developed and developing countries that infectiousdiseasepreventionand treatment must have higher funding priority.
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The immediate objective of quarantine control wasdiseaseprevention.
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The entire community, as well as individual prisoners, will benefit if we provide improved health care,diseasepreventionand harm reduction to this group.
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Among the tools available fordiseasepreventionand control, vaccines rank high with respect to effectiveness and feasibility.
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Leaflets with advice ondiseasepreventionwere provided to canoeists.
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Motivating change in health behavior : implications for health promotion anddiseaseprevention.
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Throughout most of the nineteenth century, nuisance removal anddiseasepreventionlegislation motivated local authorities to grapple with waste.
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Recommendations fordiseasepreventioninclude alteration of pool design to separate toddler pool filtration systems from other pools.
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