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MeSH Heading: Hazardous Substances
Tree Number(s): D27.888.426
Unique ID: D015386
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015386
Annotation: HAZARDOUS WASTE is also available
Scope Note: Elements, compounds, mixtures, or solutions that are considered severely harmful to human health and the environment. They include substances that are toxic, corrosive, flammable, or explosive.
Entry Term(s): Biohazard; Biohazards; Chemicals, Hazardous; Environmental Substances, Toxic; Hazardous Chemical; Hazardous Chemicals; Hazardous Material; Hazardous Materials; Hazardous Substance; Toxic Environmental Substance; Toxic Environmental Substances; Toxic Substances, Environmental
Registry Number: 0
Previous Indexing: Environmental Exposure (1967-1988); Environmental Pollutants (1975-1988); Environmental Pollution (1971-1988)
Public MeSH Note: 89
History Note: 89
Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 1988/06/06
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: M0023703
Registry Number: 0
Scope Note: Elements, compounds, mixtures, or solutions that are considered severely harmful to human health and the environment. They include substances that are toxic, corrosive, flammable, or explosive.
Terms: Hazardous Substances Preferred Term
Term UI T045374
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1989); Hazardous Materials
Term UI T045373
Date06/06/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Hazardous Substance
Term UI T000998087
Date11/20/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Hazardous Material
Term UI T000998088
Date11/20/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Concept UI: M0023704
Registry Number: 0
Terms: Toxic Substances, Environmental Preferred Term
Term UI T045377
Date06/06/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Toxic Environmental Substances
Term UI T045376
Date03/08/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Environmental Substances, Toxic
Term UI T045375
Date03/08/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Toxic Environmental Substance
Term UI T000998090
Date11/20/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

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