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Abstract
Uncontrolled release of a chemical from its containment that either threatens to or causes exposure to a chemical hazard. Such an incident may occur accidentally or deliberately.
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- Incidents, Chemical
- Chemical Hazard Releases
- Chemical Incident
- Chemical Incidents
- Hazard Release, Chemical
- Incident, Chemical
- Release, Chemical Hazard
- Accidental Release, Chemical
- Accidents, Chemical
- Accident, Chemical
- Accidental Releases, Chemical
- Chemical Accident
- Chemical Accidental Releases
- Chemical Accidents
- Release, Chemical Accidental
- Releases, Chemical Accidental
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9 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, mortality, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
for release resulting in disaster, coordinate with DISASTERS; for deliberate release of chemicals, coordinate CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE with TERRORISM; specify geographic location
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History Note
2009
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Previous Indexing
- Accidents (1986-2008)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Chemical Hazard Release. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055884. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055884
- Chemical Hazard Release. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70451013