Chemicals and Drugs

Aerosols

Colloids with a gaseous dispersing phase and either liquid (fog) or solid (smoke) dispersed phase; used in fumigation or in inhalation therapy; may contain propellant agents.

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Abstract

Colloids with a gaseous dispersing phase and either liquid (fog) or solid (smoke) dispersed phase; used in fumigation or in inhalation therapy; may contain propellant agents.

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  • Aerosol

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Aspects Covered

18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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Indexing Annotation

IM for general only, qualif permitted; NIM (no qualif) with specific drug IM (with qualif); /adv eff permitted but be careful: it may be the adv eff of the drug in aerosol form, not the aerosol

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History Note

was in Cat D & J 1973-82, was in Cat D only 1963-72

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Aerosols. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000336. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000336
  2. Aerosols. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosol
  3. Aerosols. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104541