Decontamination
"Decontamination" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The removal of contaminating material, such as radioactive materials, biological materials, or CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS, from a person or object.
| Descriptor ID |
D003666
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.780.325
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1988 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Decontamination" by people in Profiles.
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Rashid T, VonVille HM, Hasan I, Garey KW. Shoe soles as a potential vector for pathogen transmission: a systematic review. J Appl Microbiol. 2016 Nov; 121(5):1223-1231.
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Alter HJ, Creagan RP, Morel PA, Wiesehahn GP, Dorman BP, Corash L, Smith GC, Popper H, Eichberg JW. Photochemical decontamination of blood components containing hepatitis B and non-A, non-B virus. Lancet. 1988 Dec 24-31; 2(8626-8627):1446-50.