Health Care Activity
mass screening
mass screen·ing
Subclass of:
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures;
Public Health Practice;
Diagnostic Services;
Health Surveys
Definitions related to mass screening:
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Organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Organized procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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