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Descriptor English: Dust
Descriptor Spanish: Polvo
Descriptor Portuguese: Poeira
Descriptor French: Poussière
Entry term(s): Dust, House
House Dust
Housedust
Tree number(s): D20.633.222
SP4.041.432.568.050
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004391
Scope note: Earth or other matter in fine, dry particles. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
Annotation: coord with specific substance yielding dust: GOLD + DUST; COAL + DUST; do not index here for specific dusts in pneumoconiosis: see note under PNEUMOCONIOSIS
Allowable Qualifiers: AN analysis
IM immunology
PC prevention & control
Related: Pneumoconiosis MeSH
Pyroglyphidae MeSH
DeCS ID: 4450
Unique ID: D004391
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Dust - Preferred
Concept UI M0006895
Scope note Earth or other matter in fine, dry particles. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
Preferred term Dust
House Dust - Narrower
Concept UI M0006896
Scope note DUST mixture of many specific substances which may include fabric fibers, human SKIN particles, animal dander, MITES; BACTERIA; FUNGAL SPORES; food particles, and/or parts of COCKROACHES.
Preferred term House Dust
Entry term(s) Dust, House
Housedust



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