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Descriptor English: Residence Time
Descriptor Spanish: Tiempo de Permanencia
Descriptor tiempo de permanencia
Scope note: Promedio de tiempo que los contaminantes, como el humo, los productos químicos tóxicos o la radioactividad, permanecen en la atmósfera a partir del momento en que se generó la contaminación. (Traducción libre del original: Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Descriptor Portuguese: Tempo de Permanência
Descriptor French: Temps de Séjour
Tree number(s): SP4.606.806.385.857
Scope note: The average length of time during which pollutants, such as smoke, toxic chemicals, radioactivity, remain in the atmosphere from the time the pollution begins. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Air Pollution MeSH
DeCS ID: 35101
Unique ID: DDCS035101
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Residence Time - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060958
Scope note The average length of time during which pollutants, such as smoke, toxic chemicals, radioactivity, remain in the atmosphere from the time the pollution begins. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Preferred term Residence Time



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