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Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Accidents > Radioactive Hazard Release
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Accidents > Radioactive Hazard Release
Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Accidents > Radioactive Hazard Release

Preferred term

Radioactive Hazard Release  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Accident, Nuclear
  • Accident, Nuclear Reactor
  • Accidents, Radiation
  • Nuclear Accident
  • Nuclear Accidents
  • Nuclear Reactor Accident
  • Nuclear Reactor Accidents
  • Reactor Accident, Nuclear
  • Reactor Accidents, Nuclear

Note

  • for release resulting in disaster, coordinate with DISASTERS; for deliberate release of radioactive material, coordinate RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE with TERRORISM; specify geographic location; note entry term ACCIDENTS, RADIATION: do not index here for radiation injuries during radiotherapy or radiodiagnosis: index under specific radiotherapy or radiodiagnosis heading + RADIATION INJURIES

Scope note

  • Uncontrolled release of radioactive material from its containment. This either threatens to, or does, cause exposure to a radioactive hazard. Such an incident may occur accidentally or deliberately.

History note

  • 2009(1995)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018788

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