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UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
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Descriptor
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United States Indian Health Service
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United States Indian Health Service
Descriptor
Portuguese
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United States Indian Health Service
Synonyms
English
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Indian Health Service (U.S.)
Tree Number:
I01.409.137.500.600.650.825
N03.540.348.500.500.600.650.825
Definition
English
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A division of the
UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
that is responsible for the
public health
and the provision of medical services to NATIVE AMERICANS in the
United States
, primarily those residing on reservation lands.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
add
UNITED STATES
(NIM);
research
support by this agency is checked as
RESEARCH
SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; specify geog if pertinent; DF: IHS CATALOG: use NAF entry
History Note
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92
Allowable Qualifiers
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CL
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EC
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ES
ethics
HI
history
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
OG
organization & administration
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
UT
utilization
Record Number:
29759
Unique Identifier:
D016549
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