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Descriptor English: Petroleum Pollution
Descriptor Spanish: Contaminación por Petróleo
Descriptor contaminación por petróleo
Entry term(s) derrames de petróleo
vertidos de petróleo
Scope note: Derrame de petróleo en el medio ambiente por lo general debido a la actividad humana.
Descriptor Portuguese: Poluição por Petróleo
Descriptor French: Pollution pétrolière
Entry term(s): Oil Pollution
Oil Pollutions
Oil Spill
Oil Spills
Petroleum Pollutions
Pollution, Oil
Pollution, Petroleum
Pollutions, Oil
Pollutions, Petroleum
Spill, Oil
Spills, Oil
Tree number(s): N06.850.460.660
SP4.606.806.875
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059392
Scope note: Release of oil into the environment usually due to human activity.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AN analysis
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
SN statistics & numerical data
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
Related: Sea Water Pollution DeCS
DeCS ID: 25140
Unique ID: D059392
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Petroleum Pollution - Preferred
Concept UI M0549760
Scope note Release of oil into the environment usually due to human activity.
Preferred term Petroleum Pollution
Entry term(s) Oil Pollution
Oil Pollutions
Oil Spill
Oil Spills
Petroleum Pollutions
Pollution, Oil
Pollution, Petroleum
Pollutions, Oil
Pollutions, Petroleum
Spill, Oil
Spills, Oil



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