##  [Population Screening](/index.php/population-screening) 

  ##  [Population Screening](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/population-screening-0) 

  

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**Health & Life Sciences Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

A systematic, programme‑level activity that offers a test or examination to apparently healthy individuals within a defined population to identify those at higher probability of having a specific disease or condition, so they can be offered further diagnostic testing or preventive interventions.