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Descriptor English: Extreme Heat
Descriptor Spanish: Calor Extremo
Descriptor calor extremo
Entry term(s) clima caluroso extremo
tiempo de calor extremo
Scope note: Tiempo con temperaturas altas superiores a la media y de varios días de duración. El calor extremo es una situación peligrosa que puede ocasionar situaciones de urgencia en personas susceptibles.
Descriptor Portuguese: Calor Extremo
Descriptor French: Chaleur extrême
Entry term(s): Temps extrêmement chaud
Très grande chaleur
Tree number(s): G16.500.275.063.725.232.500
G16.500.750.775.291.375
N06.230.300.100.725.232.500
N06.230.300.100.725.710.380.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055874
Scope note: High temperature weather exceeding the average and of several days' duration. Extreme heat is a dangerous situation that can bring on health emergencies in susceptible people.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE effets indésirables
DeCS ID: 53356
Unique ID: D055874
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: 2008/11/20
Chaleur extrême - Preferred
Concept UI M0521334
Preferred term Chaleur extrême
Entry term(s) Temps extrêmement chaud
Très grande chaleur



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