Health Care

Chemical Hazard Release

Uncontrolled release of a chemical from its containment that either threatens to or causes exposure to a chemical hazard. Such an incident may occur accidentally or deliberately.

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Abstract

Uncontrolled release of a chemical from its containment that either threatens to or causes exposure to a chemical hazard. Such an incident may occur accidentally or deliberately.

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Synonyms

16 entry terms
  • Incidents, Chemical
  • Chemical Hazard Releases
  • Chemical Incident
  • Chemical Incidents
  • Hazard Release, Chemical
  • Incident, Chemical
  • Release, Chemical Hazard
  • Accidental Release, Chemical
  • Accidents, Chemical
  • Accident, Chemical
  • Accidental Releases, Chemical
  • Chemical Accident
  • Chemical Accidental Releases
  • Chemical Accidents
  • Release, Chemical Accidental
  • Releases, Chemical Accidental

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, mortality, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

for release resulting in disaster, coordinate with DISASTERS; for deliberate release of chemicals, coordinate CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE with TERRORISM; specify geographic location

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History Note

2009

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Previous Indexing

  • Accidents (1986-2008)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Chemical Hazard Release. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055884. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055884
  2. Chemical Hazard Release. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70451013