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Descriptor English: Sunburn
Descriptor Spanish: Quemadura Solar
Descriptor quemadura solar
Scope note: Cualquier lesión de la piel que produce eritema, molestias, y en ocasiones ampollas, y que se produce por la exposición excesiva al sol. La reacción se produce por la radiación ultravioleta de la luz solar.
Descriptor Portuguese: Queimadura Solar
Descriptor French: Coup de soleil
Entry term(s): Sunburns
Tree number(s): C17.800.600.725
C26.200.855
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013471
Scope note: An injury to the skin causing erythema, tenderness, and sometimes blistering and resulting from excessive exposure to the sun. The reaction is produced by the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight.
Annotation: /prev: consider also SUNSCREENING AGENTS
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Related: Sunscreening Agents MeSH
Sunstroke MeSH
DeCS ID: 13859
Unique ID: D013471
NLM Classification: WR 160
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Sunburn - Preferred
Concept UI M0020814
Scope note An injury to the skin causing erythema, tenderness, and sometimes blistering and resulting from excessive exposure to the sun. The reaction is produced by the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight.
Preferred term Sunburn
Entry term(s) Sunburns



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