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Descriptor English: Radioactive Pollutants
Descriptor Spanish: Contaminantes Radiactivos
Descriptor contaminantes radiactivos
Scope note: Sustancias radiactivas que actúan como contaminantes. Entre ellas se encuentran aquellos productos químicos cuya radiación se libera a partir de desechos radioactivos, por accidentes nucleares, lluvia radioactiva procedente de explosiones nucleares y similares.
Descriptor Portuguese: Poluentes Radioativos
Descriptor French: Polluants radioactifs
Entry term(s): Pollutants, Radioactive
Tree number(s): D20.693
SP4.606.806.945.700
VS4.001.002.001.003.001
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011848
Scope note: Radioactive substances which act as pollutants. They include chemicals whose radiation is released via radioactive waste, nuclear accidents, fallout from nuclear explosions, and the like.
Annotation: specify radiopollutant if pertinent (IM or NIM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Previous Indexing: Environmental Pollution (1971-1974)
Radioactivity (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 75
History Note: 75
DeCS ID: 12287
Unique ID: D011848
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Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Radioactive Pollutants - Preferred
Concept UI M0018402
Scope note Radioactive substances which act as pollutants. They include chemicals whose radiation is released via radioactive waste, nuclear accidents, fallout from nuclear explosions, and the like.
Preferred term Radioactive Pollutants
Entry term(s) Pollutants, Radioactive



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