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Mass Screening

	Anonymous Testing - Testing in which the source of the specimen or the person being tested is not individually identified.
	Genetic Screening - Searching a population or individuals for persons possessing certain genotypes or karyotypes that: (1) are already associated with disease or predispose to disease; (2) may lead to disease in their descendants; or (3) produce other variations not known to be associated with disease. Genetic screening may be directed toward identifying phenotypic expression of genetic traits. It includes prenatal genetic screening.
	Multiphasic Screening - The simultaneous use of multiple laboratory procedures for the detection of various diseases. These are usually performed on groups of people.
	Neonatal Screening - The identification of selected parameters in newborn infants by various tests, examinations, or other procedures. Screening may be performed by clinical or laboratory measures. A screening test is designed to sort out healthy neonates (INFANT, NEWBORN) from those not well, but the screening test is not intended as a diagnostic device, rather instead as epidemiologic.

Mass Screening Medical Definitions and Terms