| HoNOS | Health of the Nation Outcome Scale |
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| nation | 1. <ethnology> A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock. "All nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues." (Rev. Vii. 9) 2. The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own. "A nation is the unity of a people." (Coleridge) "Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation." (F. S. Key) 3. Family; lineage. 4. One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe. One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity. 5. A great number; a great deal; by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs. Five nations. See Five. Law of nations. See International law, under International, and Law. Synonym: people, race. See People. Origin: F. Nation, L. Natio nation, race, orig, a being born, fr. Natus, p.p. Of nasci, to be born, for gnatus, gnaci, from the same root as E. Kin. 44. See Kin kindred, and cf. Cognate, Natal, Native. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| national academy of sciences | A united states organization of distinguished scientists and engineers established for the purpose of investigating and reporting upon any subject of art or science as requested by any department of government. The national research council organised by nas serves as the principal operating agency to stimulate and support research. (12 Dec 1998) |
| National Cancer Information Service | <address, organisation> National Cancer Institute, cancer Information Service, office of Cancer Communications, Building 31, Room 10A24, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 (27 Sep 1997) |
| national centre for health care technology | A centre in the public health service which coordinates and administers a program of research, demonstrations, and evaluations of medical technologies and assessments of health care technology. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national centre for health statistics | A centre in the public health service which is primarily concerned with the collection, analysis, and dissemination of health statistics on vital events and health activities to reflect the health status of people, health needs, and health resources. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national environmental policy act | A federal law enacted in 1969 that requires all federal agencies to consider and analyse the environmental impacts of any proposed action. NEPA requires an environmental impact statement for major federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the environment. NEPA requires federal agencies to inform and involve the public in the agency's decision making process and to consider the environmental impacts of the agency's decision. (05 Dec 1998) |
| National Formulary | An official compendium formerly issued by the American Pharmaceutical Association but now published by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention for the purpose of providing standards and specifications which can be used to evaluate the quality of pharmaceuticals and therapeutic agents. (05 Mar 2000) |
| national health planning information centre | A centre in the health resources administration division of planning methods and technology which provides access to current information on health planning and resources development. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national health programs | Components of a national health care system which administer specific services, e.g., national health insurance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national institute for occupational safety and health | An institute of the centres for disease control and prevention which is responsible for assuring safe and healthful working conditions and for developing standards of safety and health. Research activities are carried out pertinent to these goals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national institute of mental health | A component of the national institutes of health concerned with research, overall planning, promoting, and administering mental health programs and research. (12 Dec 1998) |
| National Institutes of Health | <organisation> A nonregulatory U.S. Federal agency which has oversight of research activities that the agency funds. (09 Oct 1997) |
| national library of medicine | An agency of the national institutes of health concerned with overall planning, promoting, and administering programs pertaining to various aspects of documentation and library services in the field of medicine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| national practitioner data bank | A databank established by the health care quality improvement act of 1986 authorizing the department of health and human services to collect and release information on the professional competence and conduct of physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health care practitioners. The data include adverse actions on physicians' malpractice, licensure, hospital privileges, concealing of pertinent information, and the like. (12 Dec 1998) |
| National Science Foundation | <organisation> A nonregulatory U.S. Federal agency which has oversight of biotechnology research activities that the agency funds. (09 Oct 1997) |
Synonyms : National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Council, National Research (U.S.), Councils, National Research (U.S.), National Research Councils (U.S.), Research Council, National (U.S.), Research Councils, National (U.S.)
Synonyms : National Center for Health Care Technology (U.S.)
Synonyms : National Center for Health Statistics
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Synonyms : National Health Planning Information Center (U.S.)
| National Institute of Standards and Technology |
an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs
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| National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, often pronounced "nit-suh") is a U.S. Government agency, part of the Department of Transportation, responsible for setting safety standards and verifying compliance by automobile manufacturers. It also issues guidelines for consumers, and publishes the results of safety tests of various automobiles, to allow buyers to evaluate the anticipated behavior of an automobile in a crash. ...
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| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
The purpose of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), as part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, is to reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from environmental causes by understanding each of these elements and how they interrelate. ...
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| National Institute on Aging |
Information Center PO Box 8057 Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8057 800-222-2225 (M - F / 9 - 5 EST)
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| National Institute of Mental Health |
a branch of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) that oversees neurologic and psychologic research.
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| Nation | the people who live in a nation or country |
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| Nation | a politically organized body of people under a single government |
| Nation | a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes) |
| Nation | United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) |
| Nation | a person who owes allegiance to that nation |
| Nation | inside the country |
| Nation | concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country |
| Nation | limited to or in the interests of a particular nation |
| Nation | owned or maintained for the public by the national government |
| Nation | of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country |
| Nation | of or relating to nationality |
| Nation | characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation |
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