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Practice Class

Practice class sorts health practices by the broad kind of action each one is, such as hygiene, screening or treatment. Wikipedia defines hand washing as "the process of cleaning the hands with soap or handwash and water to eliminate bacteria, viruses, dirt, microorganisms," placing it firmly in the hygiene class. This dimension lets a visitor compare practices that do the same kind of protective work.

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Era of Emergence
1964 1
Practice Class
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1. Wikipedia: Tobacco control
WikipediaTobacco control, History section
Quote, Tobacco control, History section
In the United States, the 1964 report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General represented a landmark document that included an objective synthesis of the evidence of the health consequences of smoking according to causal criteria.
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