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Descriptor English: Light Pollution
Descriptor Spanish: Contaminación Lumínica
Descriptor contaminación lumínica
Entry term(s) brillo artificial del cielo nocturno
brillo del cielo
iluminación nocturna artificial
luz artificial durante la noche
Scope note: Uso inadecuado o excesivo de iluminación artificial durante la noche.
Descriptor Portuguese: Poluição Luminosa
Descriptor French: Pollution lumineuse
Entry term(s): Artificial Light at Night
Artificial Night Lighting
Artificial Night Lightings
Artificial Night Sky Brightness
Lighting, Artificial Night
Lightings, Artificial Night
Night Lighting, Artificial
Night Lightings, Artificial
Pollution, Light
Skyglow
Tree number(s): N06.850.460.505
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000090465
Scope note: The inappropriate or excessive use of artificial lighting at night.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AN analysis
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Lighting (1990-2021)
Public MeSH Note: 2022
History Note: 2022
Related: Chronobiology Disorders MeSH
DeCS ID: 59803
Unique ID: D000090465
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Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/07/07
Light Pollution - Preferred
Concept UI M000746459
Scope note The inappropriate or excessive use of artificial lighting at night.
Preferred term Light Pollution
Entry term(s) Pollution, Light
Artificial Light at Night - Broader
Concept UI M000747141
Preferred term Artificial Light at Night
Entry term(s) Artificial Night Lighting
Artificial Night Lightings
Lighting, Artificial Night
Lightings, Artificial Night
Night Lighting, Artificial
Night Lightings, Artificial
Skyglow - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000746461
Preferred term Skyglow
Entry term(s) Artificial Night Sky Brightness



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