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MeSH Heading: Flame Retardants
Tree Number(s): D27.720.361
Unique ID: D005411
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005411
Scope Note: Materials applied to fabrics, bedding, furniture, plastics, etc. to retard their burning; many may leach out and cause allergies or other harm.
Entry Term(s): Fire Retardant; Fire Retardants; Fireproofing Agent; Fireproofing Agents; Flame Retardant
Previous Indexing: Fires (1966-1977); specific substance (1966-1977)
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78; was in Cat D & J 1978-82
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/04/22
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

chemical synthesis (CS)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

Concept UI: M0008537
Scope Note: Materials applied to fabrics, bedding, furniture, plastics, etc. to retard their burning; many may leach out and cause allergies or other harm.
Terms: Flame Retardants Preferred Term
Term UI T016474
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1978); Fire Retardant
Term UI T000997808
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Flame Retardant
Term UI T000996293
Date11/14/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Fire Retardants
Term UI T016473
Date04/18/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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