| Descriptor English: | Half-Life | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Semivida
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Meia-Vida | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Période | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Half Life Half-Lifes Halflife Halflifes |
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| Tree number(s): |
G01.910.405 SP8.665.152.465.583 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006207 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The time it takes for a substance (drug, radioactive nuclide, or other) to lose half of its pharmacologic, physiologic, or radiologic activity. |
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| Annotation: | usually NIM |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||||
| Previous Indexing: |
Time (1966-1970) specific radioisotope, substance, or cell |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 74 |
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| History Note: | 74(71) |
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| DeCS ID: | 6360 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D006207 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1974/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2008/07/08 |
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Physical Phenomena [G01]Physical Phenomena -
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Disasters [SP8]Disasters
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Half-Life
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| Concept UI |
M0009757 |
| Scope note | The time it takes for a substance (drug, radioactive nuclide, or other) to lose half of its pharmacologic, physiologic, or radiologic activity. |
| Preferred term | Half-Life |
| Entry term(s) |
Half Life Half-Lifes Halflife Halflifes |
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