| Descriptor English: | Steam Bath | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Baño de Vapor
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Banho a Vapor | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Bain de vapeur | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Bath, Finnish Bath, Steam Baths, Finnish Finnish Bath Finnish Sauna Lodge, Sweat Sauna Sweat Lodge |
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| Tree number(s): |
E02.056.902 E02.565.640 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D029002 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Therapy of sitting in a hot steamy room followed by a cool bath or shower. |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
AE adverse effects CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation MO mortality MT methods NU nursing PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends VE veterinary |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Baths, Finnish (1963-2001) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2002; use Baths, Finnish (1963-2001) |
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| History Note: | 2002; see Baths, Finnish (1963-2001) |
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| DeCS ID: | 1515 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D029002 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WB 525 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 2002/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 2001/07/25 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/06/26 |
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ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
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Steam Bath
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Sweat Lodge
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Baths, Finnish
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| Concept UI |
M0383599 |
| Scope note | Therapy of sitting in a hot steamy room followed by a cool bath or shower. |
| Preferred term | Steam Bath |
| Entry term(s) |
Bath, Steam |
| Concept UI |
M0383602 |
| Scope note | A small hut of reeds covered with blankets used by Native American cultures. People sit around the edges and hot rocks are placed in the center and water sprinkled to create hot steam. Exiting into a cold stream completes the treatment. |
| Preferred term | Sweat Lodge |
| Entry term(s) |
Lodge, Sweat |
| Concept UI |
M0002229 |
| Scope note | A steam bath in a small wooden room where water is thrown on a stove or rocks to create the steam. A cool bath or shower completes the treatment. |
| Preferred term | Baths, Finnish |
| Entry term(s) |
Bath, Finnish Finnish Bath Finnish Sauna Sauna |
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