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

Preferred term

Chemical Hazard Release  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Chemical Incident
  • Chemical Incidents
  • Incident, Chemical
  • Incidents, Chemical

Note

  • for release resulting in disaster, coordinate with DISASTERS; for deliberate release of chemicals, coordinate CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE with TERRORISM; specify geographic location

Scope note

  • Uncontrolled release of a chemical from its containment that either threatens to or causes exposure to a chemical hazard. Such an incident may occur accidentally or deliberately.

History note

  • 2009

In other languages

  • kemiallinen haittapäästö

    Finnish

  • kemiallinen riskipäästö
  • kemiallinen tapaturmainen päästö
  • kemiallinen vahinkopäästö
  • kemialliset haittapäästöt
  • kemialliset riskipäästöt
  • kemikaalipäästöjen aiheuttamat vaarat
  • kemikaalipäästöt
  • Kemiskt miljöfarligt utsläpp

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055884

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