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WA

Public Health

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Reference Works. General Works Preventive Medicine Accident and Injury Prevention. Disasters Health Issues of Specific Groups of People Occupational Medicine, Health, and Hygiene Health Administration and Organization General Environmental Pollution and Sanitation Water Food. Food Safety Drugs. Cosmetics Air. Noise Waste Housing. Buildings. Public Facilities Mortuary Practice Statistics. Surveys. Epidemiologic Methods Occupational Medicine, Health, and Hygiene Food. Food Safety Health Administration and Organization

  • Classify works on public health nursing in WY 108.

    • Reference Works. General Works
    WA 1

    Organizations. Societies (General or not elsewhere classified) (Cutter from name of organization or society) (Table-G)
    (Monographs and Serials)

    Includes membership lists and administrative reports issued serially or separately. Classify directories in WA 22. Classify other serials issued by societies in W1. For academies and institutes, see WA 23-24. Classify works about specific international public health organizations in WA 530.
    WA 4

    Works on general hygiene

    Classify works on personal hygiene only in QT 180-275.
    WA 5

    Collected works by several authors

    WA 7

    Collected works by individual authors

    WA 9

    Addresses. Essays. Lectures

    WA 11

    History (Table-G)

    WA 11.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 13

    Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
    (Monographs and Serials)

    WA 15

    Classification. Terminology
    (Monographs and Serials)

    WA 16

    Tables. Statistics. Surveys (Table-G)
    (Serials and serial analytics only)

    For monographs, use WA 900. Classify serial government statistics in W2.
    WA 16.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)
    (Serials and serial analytics only)

    For monographs, use WA 900.
    WA 17

    Atlases. Pictorial works

    WA 18

    Education

    Classify here works about education.
    WA 18.2

    Educational materials
    (Monographs and Serials)

    Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.
    WA 19

    Schools, departments, and faculties of public health (Table-G)
    (Monographs and Serials)

    Include here works on the history of schools. Classify courses of study, college catalogs, etc., in W 19.5.
    WA 19.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)
    (Monographs and Serials)

    WA 20.5

    Research (General)

    Classify here works about research in general. Classify research limited to a particular subject with the subject.
    WA 21

    Public health as a profession. Ethics. Peer review

    WA 22

    Directories (Table-G)

    WA 22.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)
    (Monographs and Serials)

    WA 23

    Collective laboratories, academies, institutes, etc.

    WA 24

    Individual laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. (Cutter from name of institution)

    WA 25

    Laboratory manuals. Technique

    WA 26

    Equipment and supplies

    Classify catalogs in W 26. Classify works on safety equipment in general in WA 260; on industrial safety equipment in WA 485.
    WA 26.5

    Informatics. Electronic data processing. Computers (General)

    Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.
    WA 27

    Collective museums, exhibitions, etc.

    WA 28

    Individual museums, exhibitions, etc. (Cutter from name of museum or exhibit) (Table-G)

    WA 30

    Socioeconomic and environmental factors in public health (General)

    Classify works on rural health and hygiene in WA 390; on urban health and hygiene in WA 380.
    WA 30.2

    Climate change

    WA 30.5

    Environmental medicine. Environmental illness

    WA 30.7

    One Health

    WA 31

    Social medicine. Medical sociology

    WA 32

    Laws (Table-G)
    (Monographs and Serials)

    Classify laws related to food or beverages in WA 697.
    WA 32.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)
    (Monographs and Serials)

    Classify laws related to food or beverages in WA 697.
    WA 33

    Discussion of law (Table-G)
    (Monographs and Serials)

    Classify works discussing laws related to food or beverages in WA 697.
    WA 33.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)
    (Monographs and Serials)

    WA 39

    Handbooks. Resource guides
    (Monographs and Serials)

    WA 54

    Registration and certification of the dead

    WA 55

    Registration of notifiable diseases

    WA 100

    General works

    WA 103

    Medical geography. Geography of disease (General)

    Classify works on geography of diseases in specific locations in WA 104. Classify works on the effect of climate change in WA 30.2.
    WA 104

    Diseases of geographic areas (Table-G)

    WA 105

    Epidemiology

    Classify works on the specialty and on the specialty and methods here. Classify works on epidemiologic methods alone in WA 950. Classify statistics in WA 900.
    WA 106

    Disease reservoirs (Table-G)

    WA 106.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

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    Preventive Medicine
    WA 108

    Preventive health services. Preventive medicine (General)

    WA 110

    Prevention and control of communicable diseases. Transmission of infectious diseases

    Classify works on immunological aspects in QW 700; on insect control in QX 600; on other pest control in WA 240; on control of sexually transmitted diseases in WC 142.
    WA 115

    Immunization

    Classify works on public health aspects of immunization here. Classify works on immunological aspects in QW 942-949.
    WA 230

    Quarantine

    Classify material on laws in WA 32-33.
    WA 234

    Port and maritime quarantine

    WA 240

    Disinfection. Disinfestation. Pesticides (Including diseases caused by)

    Classify works on ectoparasitic infestations and disinfestations in WR 345.
    WA 243

    Diagnostic services

    Classify works on mobile health units in WX 190.
    WA 245

    Mass screening. Multiphasic screening

    Classify works on mass chest X-ray in WF 975.
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    Accident and Injury Prevention. Disasters
    WA 250

    General works

    Classify works on occupational accidents and their prevention in WA 485.
    WA 260

    Protective devices (General)

    Classify works on protective devices in sports and leisure activities in QT 250-261.
    WA 275

    Traffic accidents. Public health aspects of driving

    WA 288

    Accidents in the home, office, etc.

    Include works on household articles and products as causes of accidents.
    WA 289

    Consumer protection and product safety (General)

    WA 290

    Emergency responders. Paramedicine

    Classify here works on all types of emergency responders. Classify works on services provided by emergency medical technicians alone at WX 215.
    WA 292

    First aid in illness and injury

    Classify works on resuscitation in anesthesiology in WO 245; on resuscitation of the newborn in WQ 450. Classify military first aid manuals in UH 396. Classify works on wilderness medicine in WD 680.
    WA 295

    Disasters. Disaster medicine. Rescue work. Terrorism

    Works on preparedness, response, and rescue in major public health emergencies are classified here. Classify disaster planning in hospitals in WX 186. Classify hospital emergency service in WX 215.
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    Health Issues of Specific Groups of People
    WA 300

    Health issues of specific groups of people (Table-G)

    Include here works on particular groups not elsewhere classified.
    WA 300.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 305

    Mental health issues of specific groups of people (Table-G)

    Include here works on particular groups not elsewhere classified. Classify works on particular diseases in WM.
    WA 305.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 306

    Men's health

    WA 308

    Family health. Family violence

    Cf. W 89 Family practice as a specialty; WB 110 for works for the family doctor.
    WA 309

    Women's health (Table-G)

    Cf. WA 491 Protection of women in the workplace.
    WA 309.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 310

    Maternal welfare. Maternal and child welfare. Maternal health services (Table-G)

    WA 310.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 320

    Child welfare. Child health services (Table-G)

    WA 320.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 325

    Child abuse

    Classify works on the psychological effect on the child at WS 350.8.A2; on adolescents at WS 470.A2; on adult survivors of child abuse at WM 167.
    WA 327

    Child labor (Table-G)

    WA 327.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 330

    Adolescent health services (Table-G)

    WA 330.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 350

    School health and hygiene services. School dental health services

    Cf. WU 113.6 for dental hygiene.
    WA 351

    Universities and colleges

    WA 352

    School mental health services

    Classify works on diseases in WM.
    WA 353

    Universities and colleges

    WA 356

    Elder welfare. Elder abuse

    Classify health services for the aged in WT 31.
    WA 360

    Military health. Veterans health

    Classify works on physical and mental health here.
    WA 370

    Persons with disabilities (Table-G)

    WA 370.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 380

    Urban health and hygiene

    Cf. WA 546 Local health administration.
    WA 390

    Rural health and hygiene

    Classify agricultural workers' diseases in WA 400.
    WA 395

    Health in developing countries (General)

    Classify works on public health in specific countries or regions in WA 300.
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    Occupational Medicine, Health, and Hygiene
    WA 400

    General works (including occupational diseases)

    Classify works on particular diseases by system, etc. Cf. WR 600 Occupational dermatitis; WW 505 Occupational ophthalmology. For specific non-industrial occupations see WA 487.5.
    WA 412

    Medical and dental services

    WA 420

    Harassment or violence in the workplace (General or not elsewhere classified)

    Classify works on harassment or violence in health facilities in WX 160.5.
    WA 440

    Prevention and control of occupational diseases

    WA 450

    Air quality in the workplace

    WA 465

    Industrial poisons and poisoning (General)

    Classify works on toxicology of chemicals with no industrial health emphasis and on specific chemicals in QV 600-662; or if pesticides in WA 240.
    WA 470

    Illumination. Noise. Non-ionizing radiation. Vibration

    Classify works on effects of ionizing radiation in WN 600-610.
    WA 475

    Occupational fatigue

    Classify works on mental fatigue only in WA 495.
    WA 485

    Occupational accidents and injuries. Safety equipment (General or not elsewhere classified)

    Classify works on particular injuries by system.
    WA 487

    Accidents and injuries in professional work

    Use only for works on professions not ordinarily considered industrial. Classify works on particular injuries by system.
    WA 487.5

    By occupation, A-Z

    WA 487.5.A78

    Artists

    WA 487.5.D4

    Dancers

    WA 487.5.E6

    Emergency responders

    WA 487.5.F4

    Firefighters

    WA 487.5.H4

    Health personnel

    WA 487.5.M4

    Metal workers

    WA 487.5.S5

    Singers

    WA 491

    Women's occupational health

    Cf. WA 309 Women's health.
    WA 495

    Occupational mental health and mental health services

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    Health Administration and Organization
    WA 525

    General works

    WA 530

    International health administration (Table-G)

    WA 530.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 540

    National and state health administration (Table-G)

    WA 540.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 541

    Regional health planning (Table-G)

    WA 541.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 546

    Local health administration. Community health services (Table-G)

    WA 546.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 550

    Family planning services (Table-G)

    WA 550.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 590

    Health education. Health communication

    Classify here works on informal health education (community, radio, etc.). Classify works on study and teaching of public health in WA 18; classify teachers' manuals on hygiene in QT 200.
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    General Environmental Pollution and Sanitation
    WA 670

    Environmental pollution (General)

    Classify here general works on environmental pollution and pollutants. Classify works on pollution of specific aspects of the environment (e.g., air, water) with the aspect.
    WA 671

    Sanitation. Sanitary engineering

    WA 672

    Inspection. Surveys (Table-G)

    Classify works on inspection in particular areas by subject.
    WA 672.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 674

    Military hygiene

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    Water
    WA 675

    Water. Water supply. Sources

    Include works on sanitary aspects of ice and ice making here.
    WA 686

    Analysis

    Cf. QW 80 Water microbiology.
    WA 687

    Saline water conversion

    WA 689

    Pollution

    Classify works on radioactive pollution in WN 615; general works on industrial seawater pollution in WA 788; on pollution of bathing beaches in WA 820.
    WA 690

    Purification

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    Food. Food Safety
    WA 695

    Food. Food supply. Food inspection (General or not elsewhere classified) (Table-G)

    WA 695.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 697

    Food laws (Table-G)
    (Monographs and Serials)

    Classify here laws and discussion of laws related to specific types of foods and beverages. Classify here food and drug laws discussed together. Classify works on drug laws alone in QV 32-33.
    WA 697.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)
    (Monographs and Serials)

    WA 700

    Foodborne diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)

    Classify works on foodborne bacterial infections in WC 260-290; virus diseases in WC 500-593; parasitic diseases in WC 695-890.
    WA 701

    Adulteration and contamination

    Classify works on radioactive contamination in WN 612. Classify laws and discussion of laws related to any type of adulteration and contamination of foods or beverages in WA 697.
    WA 703

    Fresh foods (General or not elsewhere classified)

    WA 707

    Meat, poultry, and seafood

    WA 708

    Processed food

    WA 710

    Preserved foods (canned, dried, frozen, salted, smoked, etc.)

    WA 712

    Food additives

    WA 715

    Milk. Milk supply. Dairy products

    WA 716

    Analysis

    WA 719

    Pasteurization

    WA 722

    Fats. Oils. Margarine

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    Drugs. Cosmetics
    WA 730

    Drugs. Drug adulteration and contamination. Pharmacies

    Classify here works on refrigeration of biological products. Classify works on drug legislation in QV 32-33.
    WA 744

    Cosmetics. Barber shops. Beauty salons

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    Air. Noise
    WA 750

    Air sanitation and hygiene

    WA 754

    Pollution and pollutants

    Cf. QW 82 Air microbiology; WA 450 Industrial pollution. Classify works on radioactive pollution and pollutants in WN 615. Classify works on agents used extensively in biochemistry or pharmacology in QU or QV.
    WA 770

    Ventilating. Heating

    WA 774

    Air conditioning

    WA 776

    Noise and noise abatement

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    Waste
    WA 778

    Waste products. Waste disposal

    WA 780

    Refuse and garbage disposal

    WA 785

    Sewage disposal. Soil pollution

    Classify works on radioactive pollution and pollutants in WN 615.
    WA 788

    Hazardous waste. Industrial waste (including radioactive waste)

    Cf. WN 650 for general works on radiation safety.
    WA 790

    Medical waste. Dental waste

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    Housing. Buildings. Public Facilities
    WA 795

    Housing

    WA 799

    Public buildings. Restaurants

    WA 810

    Public transportation

    WA 820

    Bathing beaches. Public baths. Swimming pools

    WA 830

    Toilet facilities

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    Mortuary Practice
    WA 840

    Mortuary practice

    WA 844

    Embalming

    WA 846

    Burial. Cemeteries

    WA 847

    Cremation

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    Statistics. Surveys. Epidemiologic Methods
    WA 900

    Public health statistics (including narrative reports on health conditions and health surveys) (Table-G)

    Classify mortality statistics here. Classify works on nutrition surveys in QU 146-146.1. Classify works on health care surveys in W 84.3; Classify works on dental surveys in WU 30.
    WA 900.1

    General coverage (Not Table-G)

    WA 950

    Theory or methods of medical statistics. Epidemiologic methods

    Classify works on biometry in its broader sense in QH 323.5. Classify works on epidemiologic methods for a specific disease with the disease.