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Decontamination
MeSH Descriptor Data 2024
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Decontamination
Tree Number(s)
N06.850.780.325
Unique ID
D003666
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003666
Scope Note
The removal of contaminating material, such as radioactive materials, biological materials, or
CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS
, from a person or object.
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2008/07/08
Allowable Qualifiers
economics (EC)
ethics (ES)
history (HI)
instrumentation (IS)
legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)
methods (MT)
standards (ST)
statistics & numerical data (SN)
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Public Health Practice [N06.850.780]
Communicable Disease Control [N06.850.780.200]
Decontamination [N06.850.780.325]
Environmental Monitoring [N06.850.780.375]
Mass Screening [N06.850.780.500]
Medical Countermeasures [N06.850.780.588]
Population Surveillance [N06.850.780.675]
Primary Prevention [N06.850.780.680]
Quaternary Prevention [N06.850.780.715]
Secondary Prevention [N06.850.780.750]
Tertiary Prevention [N06.850.780.800]
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Decontamination
Preferred
Concept UI
M0005737
Scope Note
The removal of contaminating material, such as radioactive materials, biological materials, or
CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS
, from a person or object.
Terms
Decontamination
Preferred Term
Term UI
T010673
Date
01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1966)
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