Health Care

Lighting

The illumination of an environment and the arrangement of lights to achieve an effect or optimal visibility. Its application is in domestic or in public settings and in medical and non-medical environments.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The illumination of an environment and the arrangement of lights to achieve an effect or optimal visibility. Its application is in domestic or in public settings and in medical and non-medical environments.

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1 entry terms
  • Illumination

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11 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

the environment: differentiate from LIGHT, a principle of physics; /adv eff permitted but do not confuse with LIGHT /adv eff

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  1. N06.230w.150.410w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Lighting. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008029. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008029
  2. Lighting. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighting
  3. Lighting. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210064