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Descriptor English: Mineral Fibers
Descriptor Spanish: Fibras Minerales
Descriptor fibras minerales
Entry term(s) fibras vítreas sintéticas
Scope note: Filamentos largos, flexibles, cohesivos, naturales o manufacturados, de longitud variada. Forman la estructura de algunos minerales. Su importancia médica radica en su capacidad potencial de provocar varios tipos de NEUMOCONIOSIS (ej., ASBESTOSIS) tras la exposión ocupacional o ambiental. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p708).
Descriptor Portuguese: Fibras Minerais
Descriptor French: Fibres minérales
Entry term(s): Fiber, Mineral
Fibers, Mineral
Fibers, Synthetic Vitreous
Mineral Fiber
Synthetic Vitreous Fibers
Vitreous Fibers, Synthetic
Tree number(s): D01.578.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019016
Scope note: Long, pliable, cohesive natural or manufactured filaments of various lengths. They form the structure of some minerals. The medical significance lies in their potential ability to cause various types of PNEUMOCONIOSIS (e.g., ASBESTOSIS) after occupational or environmental exposure. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p708)
Annotation: IM general or unspecified only; coordinate NIM with specific mineral or material (IM), as asbestos fibers = MINERAL FIBERS (NIM) + ASBESTOS (IM); not for textile fibers ( = TEXTILES or specific textile such as COTTON FIBER; WOOL; or NYLON)
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AN analysis
CL classification
EC economics
HI history
MI microbiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TO toxicity
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Minerals (1966-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Related: Pneumoconiosis MeSH
DeCS ID: 32685
Unique ID: D019016
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Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/29
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Mineral Fibers - Preferred
Concept UI M0028395
Scope note Long, pliable, cohesive natural or manufactured filaments of various lengths. They form the structure of some minerals. The medical significance lies in their potential ability to cause various types of PNEUMOCONIOSIS (e.g., ASBESTOSIS) after occupational or environmental exposure. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p708)
Preferred term Mineral Fibers
Entry term(s) Fiber, Mineral
Fibers, Mineral
Mineral Fiber
Synthetic Vitreous Fibers - Narrower
Concept UI M000621143
Preferred term Synthetic Vitreous Fibers
Entry term(s) Fibers, Synthetic Vitreous
Vitreous Fibers, Synthetic



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