Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Civil Defense

Preventive emergency measures and programs designed to protect the individual or community in times of hostile attack or natural disaster.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Preventive emergency measures and programs designed to protect the individual or community in times of hostile attack or natural disaster.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Civil Defenses
  • Defense, Civil
  • Defenses, Civil

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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  1. I01w.451.227w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Civil Defense. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002959. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002959
  2. Civil Defense. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_defense
  3. Civil Defense. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10427676