United States Department of Defense

"United States Department of Defense" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A cabinet department in the Executive Branch of the United States Government whose mission is to provide the military forces needed to deter WARFARE and to protect the security of our country.

Descriptor ID	D059030
MeSH Number(s)	I01.409.418.750.500 N03.540.348.500.500.500
Concept/Terms	United States Department of Defense United States Department of Defense United States Dept. of Defense Department of Defense (U.S.)

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "United States Department of Defense".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Government [I01.409]
Government Agencies [I01.409.418]
United States Government Agencies [I01.409.418.750]
United States Department of Defense [I01.409.418.750.500]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Organizations [N03.540]
Government [N03.540.348]
Federal Government [N03.540.348.500]
United States Government Agencies [N03.540.348.500.500]
United States Department of Defense [N03.540.348.500.500.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "United States Department of Defense".

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