Chemicals and Drugs

Waste Products

Debris resulting from a process that is of no further use to the system producing it. The concept includes materials discharged from or stored in a system in inert form as a by-product of vital activities. (From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981)

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Abstract

Debris resulting from a process that is of no further use to the system producing it. The concept includes materials discharged from or stored in a system in inert form as a by-product of vital activities. (From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981)

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Product, Waste
  • Products, Waste
  • Waste Product

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, analysis, classification, economics, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

MEDICAL WASTE & DENTAL WASTE are also available

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History Note

76; was NON MESH before 1976

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Tree Numbers

  1. D20.944
  2. N06.850w.460.710

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Waste Products. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014866. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014866
  2. Waste Products. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319936