Research Activity
prevention study
pre·ven·tion stud·y
Definitions related to prevention study:
  • (prevention) A type of study designed to identify actions necessary to permanently eliminate or reduce the long-term risk to human life as a result of a particular medication or treatment regimen.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • A type of study protocol designed to evaluate intervention(s) for disease prevention.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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