Acid Rain

"Acid Rain" 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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Acidic water usually pH 2.5 to 4.5, which poisons the ecosystem and adversely affects plants, fishes, and mammals. It is caused by industrial pollutants, mainly sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, emitted into the atmosphere and returning to earth in the form of acidic rain water.

Descriptor ID

D015258

MeSH Number(s)

D20.050

G16.500.240.135.859.050

G16.500.275.063.725.395.050

G16.500.750.775.450.050

N06.230.300.100.725.450.050

N06.230.520.050

N06.850.460.790.410.050

Concept/Terms

Acid Rain

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Acid Rain".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Complex Mixtures [D20]
Acid Rain [D20.050]
Biological Sciences [G]
Biological Phenomena [G16]
Ecological and Environmental Phenomena [G16.500]
Ecological and Environmental Processes [G16.500.240]
Climatic Processes [G16.500.240.135]
Rain [G16.500.240.135.859]
Acid Rain [G16.500.240.135.859.050]
Environment [G16.500.275]
Atmosphere [G16.500.275.063]
Weather [G16.500.275.063.725]
Rain [G16.500.275.063.725.395]
Acid Rain [G16.500.275.063.725.395.050]
Meteorological Concepts [G16.500.750]
Weather [G16.500.750.775]
Rain [G16.500.750.775.450]
Acid Rain [G16.500.750.775.450.050]
Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Environment [N06.230]
Meteorological Concepts [N06.230.300]
Atmosphere [N06.230.300.100]
Weather [N06.230.300.100.725]
Rain [N06.230.300.100.725.450]
Acid Rain [N06.230.300.100.725.450.050]
Rain [N06.230.520]
Acid Rain [N06.230.520.050]
Public Health [N06.850]
Environmental Pollution [N06.850.460]
Water Pollution [N06.850.460.790]
Water Pollution, Chemical [N06.850.460.790.410]
Acid Rain [N06.850.460.790.410.050]

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

Bar chart showing 1 publications over 1 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1996

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Acid Rain" by people in Profiles.

Effects of calcite and magnesite application to a declining Masson pine forest on strongly acidified soil in Southwestern China. Sci Total Environ. 2014 May 15; 481:469-78.

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Air-pollution emission control in China: impacts on soil acidification recovery and constraints due to drought. Sci Total Environ. 2013 Oct 01; 463-464:1031-41.

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[Aluminum mobilization models of forest yellow earth in South China]. Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2009 Jul 15; 30(7):2040-6.

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Calculating critical loads for acidification for five forested catchments in China using an extended steady state function. Sci Total Environ. 2007 Nov 15; 387(1-3):54-67.

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[Contribution of simulated nitrogen deposition to forest soil acidification in area with high sulfur deposition]. Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2007 Mar; 28(3):640-6.

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[Effect of limestone and magnesite application on remediation of acidified forest soil in Chongqing, China]. Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2006 Sep; 27(9):1878-83.

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[Calculating critical loads of acid deposition with different percentiles in China]. Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2002 Sep; 23(5):25-8.

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Acidification sensitivity and critical loads of acid deposition for surface waters in China. Sci Total Environ. 2002 Apr 22; 289(1-3):189-203.

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[Mapping sensitivity of surface waters to acidification in China]. Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2002 Jan 30; 23(1):16-21.

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Intercommunity differences in acid aerosol (H+)/sulfate (SO4(2-) ratios. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol. 1996 Jan-Mar; 6(1):35-55.

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