"Incineration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
High temperature destruction of waste by burning with subsequent reduction to ashes or conversion to an inert mass.
| Descriptor ID |
D017745
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.860.510.900.600.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Incineration- Incineration
- Incinerations
- Thermal Destruction
- Destruction, Thermal
- Destructions, Thermal
- Thermal Destructions
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Incineration" by people in Profiles.
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Response to Burn Pit Exposures and COVID-19. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2021 04 22; 23(2).
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Comparative life cycle assessment of emergency disposal scenarios for medical waste during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Waste Manag. 2021 May 01; 126:388-399.
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Pyrolysis: An effective technique for degradation of COVID-19 medical wastes. Chemosphere. 2021 Jul; 275:130092.
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Compromising situation of India's bio-medical waste incineration units during pandemic outbreak of COVID-19: Associated environmental-health impacts and mitigation measures. Environ Pollut. 2021 May 01; 276:116621.
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Incineration of sewage sludge and recovery of residue ash as building material: A valuable option as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. J Environ Manage. 2021 Mar 15; 282:111966.
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Biomass use and COVID-19: A novel concern. Environ Res. 2020 07; 186:109586.
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Sewage sludge ash recovery as valuable raw material for chemical stabilization of leachable heavy metals. J Environ Manage. 2019 Sep 01; 245:464-470.
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Concentrations of dioxins and furans in breast milk of women living near a hazardous waste incinerator in Catalonia, Spain. Environ Int. 2019 04; 125:334-341.
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Assessment of Healthcare Waste Management Paradigms and Its Suitable Treatment Alternative: A Case Study. J Environ Public Health. 2018; 2018:6879751.
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Concentrations of PCDD/Fs in the neighborhood of a hazardous waste incinerator: human health risks. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2018 Sep; 25(26):26470-26481.