| Descriptor English: | Confined Spaces |
| Descriptor Spanish: | Espacios Confinados |
| Descriptor Portuguese: | Espaços Confinados |
| Descriptor French: | Espaces restreints |
| Entry term(s): |
Confined Space Space, Confined Space, Unventilated Spaces, Confined Spaces, Unventilated Unventilated Space Unventilated Spaces |
| Tree number(s): |
G16.500.275.074 N06.230.074 |
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020378 |
| Scope note: | A space which has limited openings for entry and exit combined with unfavorable natural ventilation such as CAVES, refrigerators, deep tunnels, pipelines, sewers, silos, tanks, vats, mines, deep trenches or pits, vaults, manholes, chimneys, etc. |
| Annotation: | do not use with claustrophobia |
| Public MeSH Note: | 99 |
| History Note: | 99 |
| Related: |
Air Pollutants, Occupational
MeSH Ecological Systems, Closed MeSH Ventilation MeSH |
| DeCS ID: | 33886 |
| Unique ID: | D020378 |
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
| Date Established: | 1999/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1998/06/10 |
| Revision Date: | 2011/06/24 |
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PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
Biological Phenomena [G16]Biological Phenomena
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Confined Spaces
- Preferred
Unventilated Spaces
- Related but not broader or narrower
| Concept UI |
M0030019 |
| Scope note | A space which has limited openings for entry and exit combined with unfavorable natural ventilation such as CAVES, refrigerators, deep tunnels, pipelines, sewers, silos, tanks, vats, mines, deep trenches or pits, vaults, manholes, chimneys, etc. |
| Preferred term | Confined Spaces |
| Entry term(s) |
Confined Space Space, Confined Spaces, Confined |
| Concept UI |
M0030018 |
| Preferred term | Unventilated Spaces |
| Entry term(s) |
Space, Unventilated Spaces, Unventilated Unventilated Space |
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