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MeSH Heading: Air Pollutants
Tree Number(s): D27.888.284.101
Unique ID: D000393
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000393
Annotation: specify pollutant if pertinent
Scope Note: Any substance in the air which could, if present in high enough concentration, harm humans, animals, vegetation or materials. Substances include GASES; PARTICULATE MATTER; and volatile ORGANIC CHEMICALS.
Entry Term(s): Air Pollutant; Air Pollutants, Environmental; Environmental Air Pollutants; Environmental Pollutants, Air
Registry Numbers: 0
Previous Indexing: Air Pollution (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 1975; for AIR POLLUTANTS, ENVIRONMENTAL see AIR POLLUTANTS, ENVIRONMENTAL 1984-2006
History Note: 1975
Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Air Pollutants MeSH Descriptor Data 2025