Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

  • Help
align
annotate
download

Concept information

Wounds and Injuries > Radiation Injuries > Acute Radiation Syndrome
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Radiologic Health > Radiation Effects > Radiation Injuries > Acute Radiation Syndrome
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Radiologic Health > Radiation Effects > Radiation Injuries > Acute Radiation Syndrome
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Radiologic Health > Radiation Effects > Radiation Injuries > Acute Radiation Syndrome
Physical Phenomena > Radiation > Radiation Effects > Radiation Injuries > Acute Radiation Syndrome
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Environmental Exposure > Radiation Exposure > Radiation Injuries > Acute Radiation Syndrome
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Environmental Exposure > Radiation Exposure > Radiation Injuries > Acute Radiation Syndrome
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Environmental Exposure > Radiation Exposure > Radiation Injuries > Acute Radiation Syndrome
Physical Phenomena > Radiation > Radiation Exposure > Radiation Injuries > Acute Radiation Syndrome

Preferred term

Acute Radiation Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A condition caused by a brief whole body exposure to more than one sievert dose equivalent of radiation. Acute radiation syndrome is initially characterized by ANOREXIA; NAUSEA; VOMITING; but can progress to hematological, gastrointestinal, neurological, pulmonary, and other major organ dysfunction.

Broader concept

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-R277QFZZ-9

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 7/9/07, last modified 6/22/15