Hazardous Waste

"Hazardous Waste" 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.

MeSH information

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Waste products which, upon release into the atmosphere, water or soil, cause health risks to humans or animals through skin contact, inhalation or ingestion. Hazardous waste sites which contain hazardous waste substances go here.

Descriptor ID

D006256

MeSH Number(s)

D20.944.380

N06.850.460.710.380

Concept/Terms

Hazardous Waste

Hazardous Waste Sites

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hazardous Waste".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Complex Mixtures [D20]
Waste Products [D20.944]
Hazardous Waste [D20.944.380]
Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Environmental Pollution [N06.850.460]
Waste Products [N06.850.460.710]
Hazardous Waste [N06.850.460.710.380]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Hazardous Waste".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Hazardous Waste".

Hazardous Waste
Radioactive Waste

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hazardous Waste" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Hazardous Waste" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 14 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2006 and 2012 and 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	1	1
1997	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	1	0	1
2003	0	1	1
2005	1	0	1
2006	1	1	2
2007	1	0	1
2012	2	0	2
2015	1	1	2
2020	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Hazardous Waste" by people in Profiles.

The Climate-Smart Emergency Department: A Primer. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 08; 76(2):155-167.

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E-Waste and Harm to Vulnerable Populations: A Growing Global Problem. Environ Health Perspect. 2016 05; 124(5):550-5.

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The NIEHS Superfund Research Program: 25 Years of Translational Research for Public Health. Environ Health Perspect. 2015 Oct; 123(10):909-18.

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Medical surveillance for workplace exposure to hazardous drugs. Workplace Health Saf. 2013 Feb; 61(2):92.

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The burden of disease from pediatric lead exposure at hazardous waste sites in 7 Asian countries. Environ Res. 2013 Jan; 120:119-25.

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Approaches to systematic assessment of environmental exposures posed at hazardous waste sites in the developing world: the Toxic Sites Identification Program. Environ Monit Assess. 2013 Feb; 185(2):1755-66.

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Our bulging medicine cabinets--the other side of medication nonadherence. N Engl J Med. 2011 Apr 28; 364(17):1591-3.

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Hotspot analysis of spatial environmental pollutants using kernel density estimation and geostatistical techniques. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2011 01; 8(1):75-88.

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Incinerators, birth defects and the legacy of Thomas Bayes. Occup Environ Med. 2010 Jul; 67(7):433-4.

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Toxicity and hazard of a mixture of SSRIs to zooplankton communities evaluated in aquatic microcosms. Chemosphere. 2007 Oct; 69(6):949-54.

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