Health Care

Air Conditioning

The maintenance of certain aspects of the environment within a defined space to facilitate the function of that space; aspects controlled include air temperature and motion, radiant heat level, moisture, and concentration of pollutants such as dust, microorganisms, and gases. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

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Abstract

The maintenance of certain aspects of the environment within a defined space to facilitate the function of that space; aspects controlled include air temperature and motion, radiant heat level, moisture, and concentration of pollutants such as dust, microorganisms, and gases. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

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11 entry terms
  • Air Conditionings
  • Conditioning, Air
  • Conditionings, Air
  • Air Revitalization
  • Climate Control
  • Air Revitalizations
  • Climate Controls
  • Control, Climate
  • Controls, Climate
  • Revitalization, Air
  • Revitalizations, Air

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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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  1. N06.230w.150.050w

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WA 774

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Air Conditioning. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000389. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000389
  2. Air Conditioning. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_conditioning
  3. Air Conditioning. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173725