Health Care

Hazardous Waste Sites

Sites where HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES are deposited. Some have facilities for safely storing, processing, and recycling these waste products.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Sites where HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES are deposited. Some have facilities for safely storing, processing, and recycling these waste products.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Hazardous Waste Site
  • Site, Hazardous Waste
  • Sites, Hazardous Waste
  • Waste Site, Hazardous
  • Waste Sites, Hazardous
  • Toxic Waste Dumps
  • Dump, Toxic Waste
  • Dumps, Toxic Waste
  • Toxic Waste Dump
  • Waste Dump, Toxic
  • Waste Dumps, Toxic

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

specify geographic location if pertinent

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History Note

2014

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Previous Indexing

  • Hazardous Waste (1988-2013)

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Tree Numbers

  1. N06.850w.780.200.800w.800w.900w.449.500
  2. N06.850w.860w.510w.900w.700.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hazardous Waste Sites. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D064371. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D064371
  2. Hazardous Waste Sites. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2301074