- Look up prevention or
prevent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Prevention may
refer to:
Preventive healthcare,
measures to
prevent diseases or injuries...
- A gybe
preventer,
preventer, or jibe-guard, is a
mechanical device on a
sailing vessel which limits the boom's
ability to
swing unexpectedly across the...
- A
blowout preventer (BOP) (pronounced B-O-P, not "bop") is a
specialized valve or
similar mechanical device, used to seal,
control and
monitor oil and...
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Preventable causes of
death are
causes of
death related to risk
factors which could have been avoided. The
World Health Organization has traditionally...
- A
Modest Proposal For
preventing the
Children of Poor
People From
being a
Burthen to
Their Parents or Country, and For
making them
Beneficial to the Publick...
- The
International Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGs) are
published by the
International Maritime Organization (IMO) and set out...
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public health, and its goal is to
improve the
health of the po****tion by
preventing injuries and
hence improving quality of life.
Among laypersons, the term...
- epidemiology,
preventable fraction for the po****tion (PFp), is the
proportion of
incidents in the po****tion that
could be
prevented by
exposing the...
-
stockings and
shorter types to
prevent blood clots exist, but
remain inconsistent.
There has been some
success in
preventing blood clots by an
early risk...
- vaccine-
preventable disease is an
infectious disease for
which an
effective preventive vaccine exists. If a
person acquires a vaccine-
preventable disease...
