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Descriptor English: Inhalant Abuse
Descriptor Spanish: Abuso de Inhalantes
Descriptor abuso de sustancias inhaladas
Entry term(s) abuso de inhalantes
esnifado de pegamento
inhalación de pegamentos
Scope note: Uso ilícito de químicos y productos cuyos vapores pueden ser inhalados para producir un rápido efecto que altere la mente. Los inhalantes incluyen aerosoles, gases y solventes volátiles que con frecuencia se inhalan de modo repetido para conseguir un efecto intoxicador de corta duración.
Descriptor Portuguese: Abuso de Inalantes
Descriptor French: Abus d'inhalants
Entry term(s): Abuse, Glue
Abuse, Inhalant
Abuses, Glue
Abuses, Inhalant
Glue Abuse
Glue Abuses
Glue Sniffing
Glue Sniffings
Inhalant Abuses
Tree number(s): C25.775.467
F03.900.467
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058545
Scope note: Illicit use of chemicals and products whose vapors can be inhaled to produce a rapid mind-altering effect. Inhalants include aerosols, gases, and volatile solvents that are often inhaled repeatedly to achieve the short-lived intoxicating effect.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2011; for Glue Sniffing, see Substance-Related Disorders 1981-2010; Glue Sniffing was a heading 1969-1980
History Note: 2011; for Glue Sniffing, use Substance-Related Disorders 1981-2010; Glue Sniffing was a heading 1969-1980
DeCS ID: 54016
Unique ID: D058545
NLM Classification: WM 270
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Inhalant Abuse - Preferred
Concept UI M0029652
Scope note Illicit use of chemicals and products whose vapors can be inhaled to produce a rapid mind-altering effect. Inhalants include aerosols, gases, and volatile solvents that are often inhaled repeatedly to achieve the short-lived intoxicating effect.
Preferred term Inhalant Abuse
Entry term(s) Abuse, Inhalant
Abuses, Inhalant
Inhalant Abuses
Glue Sniffing - Narrower
Concept UI M0543173
Preferred term Glue Sniffing
Entry term(s) Abuse, Glue
Abuses, Glue
Glue Abuse
Glue Abuses
Glue Sniffings



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