Health Care

Light Pollution

The inappropriate or excessive use of artificial lighting at night.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The inappropriate or excessive use of artificial lighting at night.

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Pollution, Light
  • Artificial Light at Night
  • Artificial Night Lighting
  • Artificial Night Sky Brightness
  • Skyglow
  • Artificial Night Lightings
  • Lighting, Artificial Night
  • Lightings, Artificial Night
  • Night Lighting, Artificial
  • Night Lightings, Artificial

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, analysis, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

2022

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Previous Indexing

  • Lighting (1990-2021)

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Tree Number

  1. N06.850w.460.505w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Light Pollution. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000090465. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000090465
  2. Light Pollution. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pollution
  3. Light Pollution. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180644