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Health
Medical Definition: | The state of the organism when it functions optimally without evidence of disease. |
Also Called: | Normality |
Family Health - The health status of the family as a unit including the impact of the health of one member of the family on the family as a unit and on individual family members; also, the impact of family organization or disorganization on the health status of its members. | |
Occupational Health - The promotion and maintenance of physical and mental health in the work environment. | |
Oral Health - The optimal state of the mouth and normal functioning of the organs of the mouth without evidence of disease. | |
Rural Health - The status of health in rural populations. | |
Suburban Health - The status of health in suburban populations. | |
Urban Health - The status of health in urban populations. | |
Women's Health - The concept covering the physical and mental conditions of women. | |
World Health - The concept pertaining to the health status of inhabitants of the world. |
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