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MeSH Heading: Environmental Pollutants
Tree Number(s): D27.888.284
Unique ID: D004785
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004785
Annotation: specify pollutant if pertinent (IM or NIM); in addition to AIR POLLUTANTS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS & WATER POLLUTANTS & their specifics, CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL is also available; DF: ENVIR POLLUTANTS
Scope Note: Substances or energies, for example heat or light, which when introduced into the air, water, or land threaten life or health of individuals or ECOSYSTEMS.
Entry Version: ENVIR POLLUTANTS
Entry Term(s): Environmental Pollutant; Pollutant; Pollutants; Pollutants, Environmental
NLM Classification #: WA 670
Previous Indexing: Environmental Pollution (1971-1974)
See Also: Carcinogens, Environmental; Environmental Pollution
Public MeSH Note: 75
History Note: 75
Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

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)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0007514
Scope Note: Substances or energies, for example heat or light, which when introduced into the air, water, or land threaten life or health of individuals or ECOSYSTEMS.
Terms: Environmental Pollutants Preferred Term
Term UI T014629
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1975); Environmental Pollutant
Term UI T001006877
Date02/04/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Pollutant
Term UI T000996385
Date11/14/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Pollutants, Environmental
Term UI T014628
Date03/08/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Pollutants
Term UI T000941540
Date03/26/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019)

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