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MeSH Heading: Heat Stress Disorders
Tree Number(s): C26.522
Unique ID: D018882
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018882
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; restrict to humans and vertebrates; not for microorganisms or plants
Scope Note: A group of conditions that develop due to overexposure or overexertion in excessive environmental heat.
Entry Version: HEAT STRESS DIS
Entry Term(s): Exertional Heat Illness; Exertional Heat Stress; Heat Cramps; Heat Fatigue; Heat Illness; Heat Stress Syndromes; Heat Syncope; Stress Disorders, Heat
NLM Classification #: QT 150
Previous Indexing: Heat (1966-1995); Stress (1966-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/12/27
Revision Date: 2020/02/28

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0028238
Scope Note: A group of conditions that develop due to overexposure or overexertion in excessive environmental heat.
Terms: Heat Stress Disorders Preferred Term
Term UI T056286
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Stress Disorders, Heat
Term UI T056285
Date07/18/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Heat Illness
Term UI T001002577
Date12/17/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Heat Stress Syndromes
Term UI T056288
Date07/18/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996)

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