| Descriptor English: | Global Warming | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Calentamiento Global                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Aquecimento Global | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Réchauffement de la planète | ||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Warming, Global | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        G16.500.175.374.500 | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057232 | ||||
| Scope note: | Increase in the temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth's surface and in the troposphere, which can contribute to changes in global climate patterns. | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        EC                                                            economics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence MO mortality PC prevention & control SN statistics & numerical data  | 
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| Previous Indexing: | 
                                                Greenhouse Effect (1994-2009) | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2010; see GREENHOUSE EFFECT 1994-2009 | 
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| History Note: | 2010; use GREENHOUSE EFFECT 1994-2009 | 
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| Related: | 
                                                                                                                        Carbon Footprint
                                            MeSH                                             Greenhouse Gases MeSH  | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 53775 | ||||
| Unique ID: | D057232 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 2010/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 2009/07/06 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2017/02/24 | 
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                                        PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
 
Biological Phenomena [G16]Biological Phenomena 
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| Scope note | Increase in the temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth's surface and in the troposphere, which can contribute to changes in global climate patterns. | 
| Preferred term | Global Warming | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Warming, Global                                                 | 
                                
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