 Chlorofluorocarbons
"Chlorofluorocarbons" 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.
A series of hydrocarbons containing both chlorine and fluorine. These have been used as refrigerants, blowing agents, cleaning fluids, solvents, and as fire extinguishing agents. They have been shown to cause stratospheric ozone depletion and have been banned for many uses.
| Descriptor ID |
D017402
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.526.439.220 D02.455.526.510.140
|
| Concept/Terms |
Chlorofluorocarbons- Chlorofluorocarbons
- Chlorofluorocarbon Derivatives
- Derivatives, Chlorofluorocarbon
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Chlorofluorocarbons".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Chlorofluorocarbons".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Chlorofluorocarbons" by people in this website by year, and whether "Chlorofluorocarbons" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Chlorofluorocarbons" by people in Profiles.
-
Szefler SJ, Warner J, Staab D, Wahn U, Le Bourgeois M, van Essen-Zandvliet EE, Arora S, Pedersen S. Switching from conventional to extrafine aerosol beclomethasone dipropionate therapy in children: a 6-month, open- label, randomized trial. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2002 Jul; 110(1):45-50.
-
Pedersen S, Warner J, Wahn U, Staab D, Le Bourgeois M, Van Essen-Zandvliet E, Arora S, Szefler SJ. Growth, systemic safety, and efficacy during 1 year of asthma treatment with different beclomethasone dipropionate formulations: an open-label, randomized comparison of extrafine and conventional aerosols in children. Pediatrics. 2002 Jun; 109(6):e92.
|
People  People who have written about this concept. _
Similar Concepts
People who have written about this concept.
_
Top Journals
Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
|