- Look up
prevention or
prevent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Prevention may
refer to:
Preventive healthcare,
measures to
prevent diseases or injuries...
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Content related to
Pollution prevention may be
found at, for example:
Water pollution#Control and
reduction Air pollution#Reduction and
regulation Plastic...
- The
Centers for
Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) is the
national public health agency of the
United States. It is a
United States federal agency under...
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Pandemic prevention is the
organization and
management of
preventive measures against pandemics.
Those include measures to
reduce causes of new infectious...
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Cancer prevention is the
practice of
taking active measures to
decrease the
incidence of
cancer and mortality. The
practice of
prevention depends on both...
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Injury prevention is an
effort to
prevent or
reduce the
severity of
bodily injuries caused by
external mechanisms, such as accidents,
before they occur...
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Influenza prevention involves taking steps that one can use to
decrease their chances of
contracting flu viruses, such as the
Pandemic H1N1/09 virus, responsible...
- Fire
prevention is a
function of many fire departments. The goal of fire
prevention is to
educate the
public on the
precautions that
should be
taken to...
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Thrombosis prevention or
thromboprophylaxis is
medical treatment to
prevent the
development of
thrombosis (blood
clots inside blood vessels) in
those considered...
- affected.
Disease prevention relies on anti****tory
actions that can be
categorized as primal, primary, secondary, and
tertiary prevention. Each year, millions...