| USP DI | United States Pharmacopeial convention Dispensing Information |
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| USPHS | United States Public Health Service |
| OSUK | Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom |
| SIECUS | Sex Information and Education Council of the United States |
| UKAEA | United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority |
| united states occupational safety and health administration | An office in the department of labour responsible for developing and establishing occupational safety and health standards. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| united states office of economic opportunity | A division of the executive branch of the united states government concerned with overall planning, promoting, and administering programs relative to the provision of opportunities for economic advancement. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states office of research integrity | An office of the united states public health service organised in june 1992 to promote research integrity and investigate misconduct in research supported by the public health service. It consolidates the office of scientific integrity of the national institutes of health and the office of scientific integrity review in the office of the assistant secretary for health. The ori is in the office of the assistant secretary for health and its director reports directly to the assistant secretary for health, department of health and human services. (ri newsletter, 1993 jan; 1(1):1) (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states office of technology assessment | An office established to help congress participate and plan for the consequences of uses of technology. It provides information on both the beneficial and adverse effects of technological applications. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states public health service | See: USPHS. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states social security administration | The social security administration administers a national program of contributory social insurance whereby employees, employers, and the self-employed pay contributions that are pooled in special trust funds. When earnings are reduced because of retirement, death, or disability, monthly benefits are paid to partially replace lost earnings. Part of the contributions go into a separate hospital insurance trust fund for workers when they become 65 to provide help with medical expenses. Other programs include the supplemental social security income program for the aged, blind, and disabled and the old age survivors and disability insurance program. Ssa became an independent agency march 31, 1995. It had previously been part of the department of health, education, and welfare, later the department of health and human services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| united states substance abuse and mental health services administration | An agency of the public health service concerned with the overall planning, promoting, and administering of programs pertaining to substance abuse and mental health. It is commonly referred to by the acronym samhsa. On 1 october 1992, the united states alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health administration (adamha) became samhsa. (telephone communication with samhsa 7 april 1992) (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms :
Synonyms : United States Veterans' Administration, Veterans Administration
Synonyms : Department of Health and Human Services, United States Department of Health, United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, United States Department of Health, Human Services, United States Department of Human Services
Synonyms : Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, United States
Synonyms : Federal Trade Commission
| United States Pharmacopeia |
see USP.
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| United Network for Organ Sharing |
ABBR: UNOS. An organization established in 1984 to facilitate donation of organs for possible transplantation. Website: www.unos.org. SEE: organ donation.
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| united | a Republic in southern North America |
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| united | an industrial union of mine workers in North America |
| united | an industrial union of mine workers in North America |
| united | an organization of independent states to promote international peace and security |
| united | an agency of the United Nations |
| united | an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries |
| united | a day for celebrating the founding of the United Nations |
| united | an agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts |
| united | an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries |
| united | the administrative arm of the United Nations |
| united | a republic in eastern Africa |
| united | a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States |