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Saturday, November 21, 2009

NEMA NU4-2008 image quality performance report for the microPET focus 120 and for various transmission and reconstruction methods.

14 Sep 2009 This work aimed to evaluate the image quality and accuracy of attenuation and scatter corrections provided with the microPET Focus 120 scanner using the National Electrical Manufacturers Association NU4-2008 image quality phantom. METHODS: ... Read more...

Lessons learned from implementation of a demonstration program to reduce the burden of anemia and hookworm in women in Yen Bai Province, Viet Nam.

26 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Iron deficiency, anemia and hookworm disease are important public health problems for women of reproductive age living in developing countries and affect the health of newborns and infants. Iron supplementation and deworming treatment ... Read more...

The power of silver: age and identity politics in the 21st century.

29 Jun 2009 Pensioner political movements emerged in the interwar years in America and Europe. Documentary and empirical analyses confirm the influential role such movements played in helping shape the postwar social security systems of Western societies. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Organizations'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Health-care reform: behind the ads. 30 Oct 2009
• Global health initiatives and country health systems. 8 Oct 2009
• The future of harm reduction programmes in Russia. 8 Oct 2009
• Sexual and reproductive health and climate change. 17 Sep 2009
• NEMA NU4-2008 image quality performance report for the microPET focus 120 and for various transmission and reconstruction methods. 14 Sep 2009
• Sustainability of ivermectin distribution programmes. 3 Sep 2009
• Lessons learned from implementation of a demonstration program to reduce the burden of anemia and hookworm in women in Yen Bai Province, Viet Nam. 26 Jul 2009
• Scientific community. Resignations highlight disagreement on vaccines in autism group. 8 Jul 2009
• The power of silver: age and identity politics in the 21st century. 29 Jun 2009
• Introduction. Dietary assessment of micronutrient intakes: a European perspective. 29 Jun 2009
• Russia's health promotion efforts blossom. 25 Jun 2009
• Reducing harm from alcohol: call to action. 25 Jun 2009
• Raising the standards. 23 Jun 2009
• Reset cooperation with Russia. 10 Jun 2009
• Introductory report: WSO Education Committee 2008. 30 May 2009
• Evaluation of accreditation program in non-governmental organizations' health units in Egypt: short-term outcomes. 30 May 2009
• Sri Lanka's twin humanitarian crises. 14 May 2009
• The International Association for Danube Research (IAD)-portrait of a transboundary scientific NGO. 7 May 2009
• NORMAN-network of reference laboratories, research centres and related organisations for monitoring of emerging substances. 3 May 2009
• Reducing vertical HIV transmission in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: trends in HIV prevalence and service delivery. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Organizations'

Definition: Administration and functional structures for the purpose of collectively systematizing activities for a particular goal.

Descriptor UI: D009938

Alternative terms: Organizations; Organization; Nongovernmental Organizations; Nongovernmental Organization; Organization, Nongovernmental; Organizations, Nongovernmental;

Related Mesh Headings: Societies;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.540;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: has a limited use since there are other more specific terms available; read notes under SOCIETIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL & SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC for likely exclusions: ORGANIZATIONS tends to be for groups with a common goal based on interest, SOCIETIES tends to be for groups with common educ or professional status: TN 174; policy: Manual 35.9; specify geog: Manual 36.15; DF: ORGAN but do not confuse with ORGAN ADMIN for ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION