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Descriptor English: Bhopal Accidental Release
Descriptor Spanish: Liberación Accidental de Bhopal
Descriptor fuga accidental de Bhopal
Entry term(s) desastre de Bhopal
escape accidental de Bhopal
liberación accidental de Bhopal
Scope note: Accidente que tuvo lugar en 1984 en Bhopal (INDIA) en una fábrica de PESTICIDAS y se produjo cuando entró AGUA en un tanque de almacenamiento que contenía ISOCIANATOS. La posterior fuga química accidental y la reacción incontrolada que se produjo causó varios miles de muertes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vazamento Acidental em Bhopal
Descriptor French: Rejet accidentel de Bhopal
Entry term(s): Accident, Bhopal Chemical
Accidental Release, Bhopal
Bhopal Accident
Bhopal Chemical Accident
Chemical Accident, Bhopal
Release, Bhopal Accidental
Tree number(s): K01.400.504.968.074
N06.850.135.195.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055908
Scope note: 1984 accident in Bhopal, INDIA at a PESTICIDES facility, resulting when WATER entered a storage tank containing ISOCYANATES. The following accidental chemical release and uncontrolled reaction resulted in several thousand deaths.
Annotation: coordinate with DISASTERS if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Disasters (1984-2008)
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
DeCS ID: 53380
Unique ID: D055908
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Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Bhopal Accidental Release - Preferred
Concept UI M0522056
Scope note 1984 accident in Bhopal, INDIA at a PESTICIDES facility, resulting when WATER entered a storage tank containing ISOCYANATES. The following accidental chemical release and uncontrolled reaction resulted in several thousand deaths.
Preferred term Bhopal Accidental Release
Entry term(s) Accident, Bhopal Chemical
Accidental Release, Bhopal
Bhopal Accident
Bhopal Chemical Accident
Chemical Accident, Bhopal
Release, Bhopal Accidental



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