Named Groups

Frontline Workers

Employees whose primary responsibilities are to provide or maintain essential services, or involve direct engagement with customers, patients, or the public.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Employees whose primary responsibilities are to provide or maintain essential services, or involve direct engagement with customers, patients, or the public.

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Synonyms

18 entry terms
  • Frontline Personnel
  • Frontline Service Workers
  • Frontline Service Worker
  • Frontline Worker
  • Service Worker, Frontline
  • Service Workers, Frontline
  • Worker, Frontline
  • Worker, Frontline Service
  • Workers, Frontline
  • Workers, Frontline Service
  • Essential Personnel
  • Essential Workers
  • Food Supply and Agriculture Workers
  • Grocery and General Merchandise Store Cashiers
  • Essential Worker
  • Personnel, Essential
  • Worker, Essential
  • Workers, Essential

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Aspects Covered

6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

2025

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Tree Number

  1. M01w.526.427w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Frontline Workers. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000098724. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000098724
  2. Frontline Workers. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_worker
  3. Frontline Workers. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6398203