Biomaterial Database

Health consequences of nuclear tests in French Polynesia. 1995

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UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009689	Nuclear Warfare	Warfare involving the use of NUCLEAR WEAPONS.	Atomic Warfare,Warfare, Atomic,Warfare, Nuclear
D010820	Physicians	Individuals licensed to practice medicine.	Physician
D011114	Polynesia	The collective name for the islands of the central Pacific Ocean, including the Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Island, HAWAII; NEW ZEALAND; Phoenix Islands, PITCAIRN ISLAND; SAMOA; TONGA; Tuamotu Archipelago, Wake Island, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Polynesians are of the Caucasoid race, but many are of mixed origin. Polynesia is from the Greek poly, many + nesos, island, with reference to the many islands in the group. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p966 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p426)	Easter Island,Tahiti,Cook Islands,French Polynesia,Niue,Tokelau,Tokelau Islands,Wake Island,Wallis and Futuna Islands
D011830	Radiation Effects	The effects of ionizing and nonionizing radiation upon living organisms, organs and tissues, and their constituents, and upon physiologic processes. It includes the effect of irradiation on food, drugs, and chemicals.	Effects, Radiation,Effect, Radiation,Radiation Effect
D005602	France	A country in western Europe bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel, the Mediterranean Sea, and the countries of Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the principalities of Andorra and Monaco, and by the duchy of Luxembourg. Its capital is Paris.	Corsica,Saint Pierre and Miquelon,Miquelon and Saint Pierre,Miquelon and St. Pierre,St. Pierre and Miquelon
D006262	Health	The state of the organism when it functions optimally without evidence of disease.	Individual Health,Normalcy,Normality,Health, Individual,Normalcies,Normalities
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012927	Social Control, Informal	Those forms of control which are exerted in less concrete and tangible ways, as through folkways, mores, conventions, and public sentiment.	Informal Social Control,Control, Informal Social,Controls, Informal Social,Informal Social Controls,Social Controls, Informal