| Descriptor English: | Chemical Contamination | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Contaminación Química
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Contaminação Química | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Contamination Chimique | ||||
| Entry term(s): |
Chemical Risks |
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| Tree number(s): |
SP4.606.806.105 VS4.001.002.001.002.001.003 |
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| Scope note: | Contamination passed into the environment by various toxic substances and the impacts of their activity. It can have a natural origin or it can be the result of processes. It is associated with severe cases of food poisoning and may be responsible for the onset of chronic diseases. They reach the consumer directly through food, air or water, which eventually contain pesticides, hormones and pesticides. Or indirectly, through cleaning products and sanitizers that were not satisfactorily removed from the pipes at the end of the cleaning process. (Adapted from https://bit.ly/3xCYkB7 and https://bit.ly/2UDKgJ1) |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||
| Related: |
Chemical Industry
MeSH Chemical Pollutants DeCS Industrial Pollution DeCS Water Pollution, Chemical MeSH | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 32435 | ||||
| Unique ID: | DDCS032435 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
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PUBLIC HEALTH
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SURVEILLANCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Environmental Health Surveillance [VS4]Environmental Health Surveillance
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Chemical Contamination
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FD00060381 |
| Scope note | Contamination passed into the environment by various toxic substances and the impacts of their activity. It can have a natural origin or it can be the result of processes. It is associated with severe cases of food poisoning and may be responsible for the onset of chronic diseases. They reach the consumer directly through food, air or water, which eventually contain pesticides, hormones and pesticides. Or indirectly, through cleaning products and sanitizers that were not satisfactorily removed from the pipes at the end of the cleaning process. (Adapted from https://bit.ly/3xCYkB7 and https://bit.ly/2UDKgJ1) |
| Preferred term | Chemical Contamination |
| Entry term(s) |
Chemical Risks |
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