Descriptor in English: | Sulfur Hexafluoride |
Descriptor in Spanish: | Hexafluoruro de Azufre |
Descriptor in Portuguese: | Hexafluoreto de Enxofre |
Descriptor in French: | Hexafluorure de soufre |
Entry term(s): |
Hexafluoride, Sulfur |
Tree number(s): |
D01.303.350.300.900 D01.362.820 D01.875.812 |
Scope note: | Sulfur hexafluoride. An inert gas used mainly as a test gas in respiratory physiology. Other uses include its injection in vitreoretinal surgery to restore the vitreous chamber and as a tracer in monitoring the dispersion and deposition of air pollutants. |
Annotation: | an inert gas used in resp physiol studies |
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 |
History Note: | 91(80); was see under FLUORIDES 1980-90 |
DeCS UI: | 13847 |
Descriptor UI: | D013459 |
Date Established: | 1991/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1979/05/25 |
Revision Date: | 2013/07/08 |
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Sulfur Hexafluoride
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Concept UI |
M0020802 |
Scope note | Sulfur hexafluoride. An inert gas used mainly as a test gas in respiratory physiology. Other uses include its injection in vitreoretinal surgery to restore the vitreous chamber and as a tracer in monitoring the dispersion and deposition of air pollutants. |
Preferred term | Sulfur Hexafluoride |
Entry term(s) |
Hexafluoride, Sulfur |
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