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Descriptor English: Extreme Cold
Descriptor Spanish: Frío Extremo
Descriptor frío extremo
Entry term(s) tiempo de frío extremo
tiempo extremadamente frío
Scope note: Temperaturas atmosféricas por debajo de lo normal que pueden llevar a consecuencias graves sobre la salud. El frío extremo es una situación peligrosa que puede ocasionar situaciones de urgencia en relación con la salud en personas susceptibles.
Descriptor Portuguese: Frio Extremo
Descriptor French: Froid extrême
Entry term(s): Cold Weather, Extreme
Cold, Extreme
Extreme Cold Weather
Weather, Extreme Cold
Tree number(s): G16.500.275.063.725.232.250
G16.500.750.775.291.250
N06.230.300.100.725.154.500
N06.230.300.100.725.710.300.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055873
Scope note: Below normal weather temperatures that may lead to serious health problems. Extreme cold is a dangerous situation that can bring on health emergencies in susceptible people.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
Previous Indexing: Cold (1966-2008)
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
DeCS ID: 53355
Unique ID: D055873
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2023/05/26
Extreme Cold - Preferred
Concept UI M0521333
Scope note Below normal weather temperatures that may lead to serious health problems. Extreme cold is a dangerous situation that can bring on health emergencies in susceptible people.
Preferred term Extreme Cold
Entry term(s) Cold Weather, Extreme
Cold, Extreme
Extreme Cold Weather
Weather, Extreme Cold



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