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Descriptor English: Metals, Heavy
Descriptor Spanish: Metales Pesados
Descriptor metales pesados
Entry term(s) metal pesado
metales tóxicos
Scope note: Metales con una alta densidad relativa, característicamente superior a 5. Tienen espectros complejos, forman sales coloreadas y sales dobles, poseen un bajo potencial eléctrico, son principalmente anfóteros, dan lugar a bases y ácidos débiles y pueden ser agentes oxidantes o reductores. (traducción libre: Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed).
Descriptor Portuguese: Metais Pesados
Descriptor French: Métaux lourds
Entry term(s): Heavy Metal
Heavy Metals
Metal, Heavy
Tree number(s): D01.268.556
D01.552.544
SP4.606.806.945.200.808
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019216
Scope note: Metals with high specific gravity, typically larger than 5. They have complex spectra, form colored salts and double salts, have a low electrode potential, are mainly amphoteric, yield weak bases and weak acids, and are oxidizing or reducing agents (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
Annotation: general; prefer specifics
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Entry Combination: poisoning:Heavy Metal Poisoning
Previous Indexing: Metals or specifics (1966-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
Online Note: pre-explosion - METALS, HEAVY (PX)
History Note: 97
Related: Industrial Effluents DeCS
Metallic Wastes DeCS
DeCS ID: 32965
Unique ID: D019216
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/20
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Metals, Heavy - Preferred
Concept UI M0028622
Scope note Metals with high specific gravity, typically larger than 5. They have complex spectra, form colored salts and double salts, have a low electrode potential, are mainly amphoteric, yield weak bases and weak acids, and are oxidizing or reducing agents (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
Preferred term Metals, Heavy
Entry term(s) Heavy Metal
Heavy Metals
Metal, Heavy



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