Humanities

Bhopal Accidental Release

1984 accident in Bhopal, INDIA at a PESTICIDES facility, resulting when WATER entered a storage tank containing ISOCYANATES. The following accidental chemical release and uncontrolled reaction resulted in several thousand deaths.

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Abstract

1984 accident in Bhopal, INDIA at a PESTICIDES facility, resulting when WATER entered a storage tank containing ISOCYANATES. The following accidental chemical release and uncontrolled reaction resulted in several thousand deaths.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Bhopal Chemical Accident
  • Accident, Bhopal Chemical
  • Accidental Release, Bhopal
  • Chemical Accident, Bhopal
  • Release, Bhopal Accidental

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, legislation & jurisprudence, mortality, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with DISASTERS if pertinent

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History Note

2009

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Previous Indexing

  • Disasters (1984-2008)

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  1. K01w.400w.504w.968w.074w
  2. N06.850w.135w.195.249w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Bhopal Accidental Release. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055908. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055908
  2. Bhopal Accidental Release. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
  3. Bhopal Accidental Release. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129029