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Descriptor English: Solid Waste
Descriptor Spanish: Residuos Sólidos
Descriptor residuos sólidos
Entry term(s) basura
basuras
residuo sólido
Scope note: Basuras, desechos, lodos u otros materiales eliminados por las plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales y del agua potable y por las instalaciones para el control de la contaminación del aire. Comprenden los materiales sólidos, semisólidos o contenidos en recipientes. No incluyen las sustancias disueltas en las aguas residuales domésticas, los flujos de retorno de los regadíos o los desechos industriales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Resíduos Sólidos
Descriptor French: Déchets solides
Entry term(s): Solid Wastes
Waste, Solid
Wastes, Solid
Tree number(s): D20.944.730
N06.850.460.710.730
SP4.606.806.945.750.811
SP4.895.141.801
VS4.001.001.005.001
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D062611
Scope note: Garbage, refuse, or sludge, or other discarded materials from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, and air pollution control facility that include solid, semi-solid, or contained material. It does not include materials dissolved in domestic sewage, irrigation return flows, or industrial discharges.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AN analysis
CL classification
EC economics
SN statistics & numerical data
Public MeSH Note: 2013
History Note: 2013
Related: Refuse Disposal MeSH
Solid Waste Characteristics DeCS
Solid Waste Use DeCS
Solid Waste Volume DeCS
Urban Cleaning DeCS
DeCS ID: 24422
Unique ID: D062611
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2013/01/01
Date of Entry: 2012/07/03
Solid Waste - Preferred
Concept UI M0568791
Scope note Garbage, refuse, or sludge, or other discarded materials from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, and air pollution control facility that include solid, semi-solid, or contained material. It does not include materials dissolved in domestic sewage, irrigation return flows, or industrial discharges.
Preferred term Solid Waste
Entry term(s) Solid Wastes
Waste, Solid
Wastes, Solid



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