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Descriptor English: Environmental Exposure
Descriptor Spanish: Exposición a Riesgos Ambientales
Descriptor exposición ambiental
Entry term(s) exposición a riesgos ambientales
Scope note: Exposición a agentes químicos, físicos o biológicos potencialmente dañinos presentes en el ambiente, o a factores ambientales como radiaciones ionizantes, microorganismos patógenos o sustancias químicas tóxicas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Exposição Ambiental
Descriptor French: Exposition environnementale
Entry term(s): Environmental Exposures
Exposure, Environmental
Exposures, Environmental
Tree number(s): N06.850.460.350
SP4.606.806.420
VS4.001.002.001
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004781
Scope note: The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals.
Annotation: coordinate with specific substance
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AN analysis
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74(67)
Entry Version: ENVIR EXPOSURE
Related: Environmental Illness MeSH
Environmental Pollutants MeSH
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity MeSH
Occupational Exposure MeSH
Persian Gulf Syndrome MeSH
DeCS ID: 4862
Unique ID: D004781
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Environmental Exposure - Preferred
Concept UI M0007508
Scope note The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals.
Preferred term Environmental Exposure
Entry term(s) Environmental Exposures
Exposure, Environmental
Exposures, Environmental



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