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Descriptor English: Cosmic Radiation
Descriptor Spanish: Radiación Cósmica
Descriptor radiación cósmica
Entry term(s) partículas HZE
Scope note: Radiación o partículas de alta energía procedente del espacio extraterrestre que golpea la tierra, su atmósfera o las naves espaciales, y que puede crear una radiación secundaria como consecuencia de colisiones con la atmósfera o las naves espaciales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Radiação Cósmica
Descriptor French: Rayonnement cosmique
Entry term(s): Cosmic Radiations
HZE Particle
HZE Particles
Particle, HZE
Particles, HZE
Radiation, Cosmic
Radiations, Cosmic
Tree number(s): G01.060.185
G01.750.750.235
G16.500.200
N06.230.300.100.300
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003359
Scope note: High-energy radiation or particles from extraterrestrial space that strike the earth, its atmosphere, or spacecraft and may create secondary radiation as a result of collisions with the atmosphere or spacecraft.
Annotation: entry term HZE PARTICLES stands for High atomic number (Z) Energy particles
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
Entry Version: COSMIC RAD
Related: Solar Activity MeSH
DeCS ID: 3375
Unique ID: D003359
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Cosmic Radiation - Preferred
Concept UI M0005229
Scope note High-energy radiation or particles from extraterrestrial space that strike the earth, its atmosphere, or spacecraft and may create secondary radiation as a result of collisions with the atmosphere or spacecraft.
Preferred term Cosmic Radiation
Entry term(s) Cosmic Radiations
Radiation, Cosmic
Radiations, Cosmic
HZE Particles - Narrower
Concept UI M0005230
Preferred term HZE Particles
Entry term(s) HZE Particle
Particle, HZE
Particles, HZE



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