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Descriptor in English: Fires
Descriptor in Spanish: Incendios
Descriptor in Portuguese: Incêndios
Descriptor in French: Incendies
Entry term(s): Fire
Tree number(s): N06.230.216
SP4.037.408.539
SP8.473.654.412.072.155
Scope note: Combustion or burning in which substances combine chemically with oxygen typically giving out bright light, heat, and smoke.
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
SN statistics & numerical data
See also the descriptors: Burns, Inhalation MeSH
Smoke Inhalation Injury MeSH
DeCS UI: 5525
Descriptor UI: D005390
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Fires - Preferred
Concept UI M0008511
Scope note Combustion or burning in which substances combine chemically with oxygen typically giving out bright light, heat, and smoke.
Preferred term Fires
Entry term(s) Fire



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