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Occupational Medicine |
Medical specialty concerned with the promotion and maintenance of the physical and mental health of employees in occupational settings. |
Industrial Medicine,Medicine, Industrial,Medicine, Occupational |
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| D010969 |
Plastics |
Polymeric materials (usually organic) of large molecular weight which can be shaped by flow. Plastic usually refers to the final product with fillers, plasticizers, pigments, and stabilizers included (versus the resin, the homogeneous polymeric starting material). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) |
Plastic |
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| D011095 |
Polyethylenes |
Synthetic thermoplastics that are tough, flexible, inert, and resistant to chemicals and electrical current. They are often used as biocompatible materials for prostheses and implants. |
Ethylene Polymers,Ethene Homopolymers,Homopolymers, Ethene,Polymers, Ethylene |
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| D011143 |
Polyvinyl Chloride |
A polyvinyl resin used extensively in the manufacture of plastics, including medical devices, tubing, and other packaging. It is also used as a rubber substitute. |
Chloroethylene Polymer,Polychloroethylene,Vinyl Chloride Polymer,Chloroethylene Homopolymer,Geon,PVC,Ultron,Viaflex,Vinylite,Chloride, Polyvinyl,Homopolymer, Chloroethylene,Polymer, Chloroethylene,Polymer, Vinyl Chloride |
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| D004781 |
Environmental Exposure |
The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals. |
Exposure, Environmental,Environmental Exposures,Exposures, Environmental |
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| D006801 |
Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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| D000395 |
Air Pollutants, Occupational |
Toxic air-borne matter related to work performed They are usually produced by the specific nature of the occupation. |
Occupational Air Pollutants,Pollutants, Occupational Air |
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| D014586 |
USSR |
A country located from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, for a time including 15 Soviet Socialist Republics. The capital was Moscow. |
Soviet Union,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
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| D014835 |
Volatilization |
A phase transition from liquid state to gas state, which is affected by Raoult's law. It can be accomplished by fractional distillation. |
Vaporization,Volatility |
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