MeSH Terms Used in Indexing Disaster-Related PubMed
This is the list of subject headings that may be useful for disaster and all-hazards preparedness and response topics.
MeSH is the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) controlled vocabulary thesaurus of descriptors in a hierarchical structure that aid searching at various levels of specificity. The MeSH thesaurus is used by NLM for indexing articles for the MEDLINE/PubMed® database. MeSH terms provide a consistent way to retrieve information that may use different terminology for the same concepts.
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A
Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced
Absorption, Radiation
Academies and Institutes
Accident Prevention
Accidental Falls
Accidents
Accidents, Aviation
Accidents, Home
Accidents, Occupational
Accidents, Traffic
Acute Radiation Syndrome
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent Health
Advanced Trauma Life Support Care
Age Factors
Agent Orange
Air Ambulances
Air Microbiology
Air Pollution
Air Pollution, Indoor
Air Pollution, Radioactive
Aircraft
Altruism
Ambulance Diversion
Ambulatory Care Facilities
American Public Health Association
Animal Diseases
Animals
Anthrax
Anthrax Vaccines
Anti-Infective Agents
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Antisepsis
Antiviral Agents
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
Armed Conflicts
Attitude of Health Personnel
Avalanches
B
Bacillus anthracis
Bacterial Vaccines
Basic Reproduction Number
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Bereavement
Betacoronavirus
Bhopal Accidental Release (notes: 1984; methyl isocyanate)
Bias (Epidemiology)
Biodegradation, Environmental
Biohazard Release
Biological Warfare
Biological Warfare Agents
Biometric Identification
Biometry
Biosensing Techniques
Biosurveillance
Bioterrorism
Birth Certificates
Blast Injuries
Blood Safety
Body Burden
Body Remains
Bombs
Botulinum Toxin
Brain Injuries, Traumatic
Brucella
Brucellosis
Building Codes
Bulkholderiales
C
Capacity Building
Carrier State
Causality
Cell Phone Use
Cell Phones
Cemetaries
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.
Chemical Hazard Release
Chemical Safety
Chemical Terrorism
Chemical Warfare
Chemical Warfare Agents
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident [1986]
Chief Executive Officers, Hospital
Child, Orphaned
Child Health
Chikungunya Fever
Chlorine
Chloropicrin
Civil Defense
Climate Change
Climatic Processes
Cold Injury
Collective Bargaining
Combat Disorders
Communicable Disease Control
Communicable Diseases
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Communicable Diseases, Imported
Communication
Community Health Planning
Community Integration
Community Mental Health Services
Community-Institutional Relations
Comorbidity
Compassion Fatigue
Compensation and Redress
Computer Simulation
Confounding Factors (Epidemiology)
Construction Materials
Consumer Organizations
Consumer Participation
Consumer Product Safety
Continuity of Patient Care
Cooperative Behavior
Coronavirus
Coroners and Medical Examiners
Courage
COVID-19
COVID-19 diagnostic testing
COVID-19 drug treatment
COVID-19 serotherapy
COVID-19 vaccine
Crime
Criminology
Critical Care
Critical Care Outcomes
Cross Protection
Crowdsourcing
Crush Injuries
Crush Syndrome
Cyclonic Storms
D
Data Aggregation
Data Analysis
Data Collection
Data Curation
Data Science
Data Visualization
Databases, Chemical
Death Certificates
Decision Making, Organizational
Decontamination
Delivery of Health Care
Demography
Dental Health Surveys
Dental Records
Dental Waste
Depression
Device Approval
Dimercaprol
Disaster Medicine
Disaster Planning
Disaster Victims
Disasters
Disease Eradication
Disease Notification
Disease Outbreaks
Disease Reservoirs
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Disease Vectors
Domestic Violence
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Drinking Water
Droughts
Drowning
Drug Contamination
Drug Design
Dual Use Research
E
Earth Sciences
Earthquakes
Ebola Vaccines
Ebolavirus
Economic Recession
Education, Public Health Professional
Effect Modifiers (Epidemiology)
El Nino-Southern Oscillation
Elder Abuse
Electronic Waste
Emergencies
Emergency Medical Dispatch
Emergency Medical Dispatchers
Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Medical Technicians
Emergency Medicine
Emergency Nursing
Emergency Preparedness [see Civil Defense]
Emergency Responders
Emergency Service, Hospital
Emergency Services, Psychiatric
Emergency Shelter
Emigration and Immigration
Emotional Adjustment
Endemic Diseases
Environment
Environmental Exposure
Environmental Medicine
Environmental Microbiology
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Pollution
Environmental Remediation [*changed, see Environmental Restoration and Remediation]
Environmental Restoration and Remediation
Epidemics
Epidemiologists
Epidemiologic Factors
Epidemiologic Measurements
Epidemiologic Methods
Epidemiologic Research Design
Epidemiological Monitoring
Equipment Contamination
Equipment Failure
Equipment Reuse
Ethnic Cleansing
Euthanasia
Explosions
Exposure to Violence
Extreme Cold Weather
Extreme Heat
Extreme Hot Weather
Extreme Weather
F
Family Separation
Famine
Federal Government
Field Hospitals (*deleted; see Mobile Health Units)
Film Dosimetry
Fire Extinguishing Systems
Firearms
Firefighters
Fires
Floods
Focus Groups
Fomites
Food Assistance
Food Contamination
Food Contamination, Radioactive
Food Inspection
Food Microbiology
Food Parasitology
Food Safety
Forecasting
Forensic Anthropology
Forensic Dentistry
Forensic Medicine
Forensic Nursing
Forensic Pathology
Foundations
Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Fumigation
G
Gender-Based Violence
Geographic Mapping
Geography, Medical
Geological Processes
Global Health
Global Warming
Government
Government Agencies
Government Programs
Gray Literature
Greenhouse Effect
Gun Violence
H
Hand Disinfection
Hand Hygiene
Hazardous Substances
Hazardous Waste
Hazardous Waste Sites
Health Care Coalitions
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Health Care Rationing
Health Care Surveys
Health Communication
Health Education
Health Facility Administration
Health Impact Assessment
Health Information Exchange
Health Manpower
Health Planning Councils
Health Planning Guidelines
Health Planning Organizations
Health Policy
Health Priorities
Health Promotion
Health Services
Health Services Accessibility
Health Services Administration
Health Services for Persons with Disabilities
Health Services Needs and Demand
Health Status Indicators
Health Surveys
Health Transition
Heavy Metal Poisoning
Helping Behavior
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
Holocaust
Home Care Agencies
Hospital Bed Capacity
Hospital Records
Hospitals, Isolation
Hospitals, Packaged
Hotlines
Housing
Human Migration
Hurricane [see Cyclonic Storms]
Hydrogen Cyanide
Hygiene
I
Immunization
Industrial Waste
Infant Health
Infection Control
Infection Control, Dental
Infectious Disease Incubation Period
Infectious Disease Medicine
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient
Influenza, Human
Influenza A Virus, H1N2 Subtype
Influenza A Virus, H10N7 Subtype
Influenza A Virus, H10N8 Subtype
Influenza A Virus, H7N1 Subtype
Influenza A Virus, H7N2 Subtype
Influenza A Virus, H7N3 Subtype
Influenza A Virus, H7N9 Subtype
Infectious Disease Transmission, Verticle
Influenza in Birds
Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919
Influenza Vaccines
Inhalation Exposure
Insect Control
Insecticide-Treated Bednets
Interinstitutional Relations
International Agencies
International Cooperation
International Health Regulations
Internet
Internet Access
Investigative Techniques
L
Laboratories
Laboratory Infection
LAMP assay
Landslides
Law Enforcement
Leadership
Lewisite
Liability, Legal
Life Change Events
Local Government
M
Malpractice
Mandatory Testing
Mass Casualty Incidents
Mass Drug Administration
Mass Media
Mass Screening
Mass Vaccination
Maternal Health
Maternal Exposure
Maximum Allowable Concentration
Mechlorethamine
Medical Countermeasures
Medical Records
Medical Waste
Medical Waste Disposal
Mental Disorders
Mental Health Associations
Mental Health Recovery
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Military Facilities
Military Hygiene
Military Medicine
Military Personnel
Mobile Applications
Morbidity
Morgue
Mortality
Mortuary Practice
Mosquito Control
Mosquito Nets
Mosquito Vectors
N
Narration
National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division
National Academy of Sciences, U.S.
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Natural Disasters
Near Drowning
Nerve Agents
New Orleans
Needs Assessment
Noise
Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear Reactors [*deleted, see Nuclear Power Plants]
Nuclear Warfare
Nuclear Weapons
Nurse's Role
Nurses, Public Health
Nursing Records
Nutrition Assessment
Nutrition Surveys
O
Observer Variation
Occupational Diseases
Occupational Exposure
Occupational Health
Occupational Injuries
One Health
Opioid Epidemic
Opium Dependence
Organization and Administration
Organizations
Organizations, Nonprofit
P
Pan American Health Organization
Pandemics
Paternal Exposure
Patient Acuity
Patient Handoff
Patient Isolation
Patient Simulation
Patient Transfer
Peace Corps
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Persian Gulf Syndrome
Personal Protective Equipment
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Pest Control
Pest Control, Biological
Petroleum Pollution
Phosgene
Physical Abuse
Plague
Planning Techniques
Poison Control Centers
Poisons
Police
Policy Making
Population Health
Population Surveillance
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
Power Plants
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Pregnancy Rate
Preliminary Data
Preventive Health Services
Primary Prevention
Prisoners of War
Protective Devices
Psychological Trauma
Psychological Warfare
Public Facilities
Public Health
Public Health Administration
Public Health Practice
Public Health Surveillance
Public Policy
Q
Q Fever
Quality of Health Care
Quarantine
Questionnaires [*changed; eee Surveys and Questionnaires]
R
Radiation Dosage
Radiation Effects
Radiation Exposure
Radiation Genetics
Radiation Injuries
Radiation Injuries, Experimental
Radiation Monitoring
Radiation Protection
Radio
Radio Frequency Identification Device
Radioactive Fallout
Radioactive Hazard Release
Radioactive Waste
Radiologic Health
Rain
Red Cross
Refugee Camps
Refugees
Refuse Disposal
Registries
Relative Biological Effectiveness
Relief Work
Religion and Medicine
Remote Sensing Technology
Rescue Work
Resilience, Psychological
Ricin
Risk Adjustment
Risk Assessment
Risk Management
Risk Sharing, Financial
Rodent Control
S
Safety
Safety Management
Sanitary Engineering
Sanitation
Sarin
SARS Virus
Satellite Imagery
Seasons
Security Measures
Sentinel Surveillance
September 11 Terrorist Attacks
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
Seveso Accidental Release (notes: 1976; tetrachlorodibenzodioxin)
Sewage
Smallpox
Smallpox Vaccine
Smartphones
Snow
Social Discrimination
Social Marginalization
Social Marketing
Social Media
Social Networking
Social Support
Social Welfare
Societies
Societies, Dental
Societies, Hospital
Societies, Medical
Societies, Nursing
Societies, Pharmaceutical
Societies, Scientific
Solid Waste
Soman
Spike glycoprotein, COVID-19 virus
Standard of Care
State Government
State Health Planning and Development Agencies
Stations, Quarantine [see Hospitals, Isolation]
Strategic Stockpile
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute
Stress, Psychological
Strikes, Employee
Structure Collapse
Substance Abuse, Oral
Surge Capacity
Surveys and Questionnaires
Survival
Survivors
Survivorship
Sverdlovsk Accidental Release (notes: 1979; anthrax)
T
Tabun
Tear Gases
Terrorism
Tetranitromethane
Text Messaging
Thermoluminescent Dosimetry
Threshold Limit Values
Tick Control
Tidal Waves
Time Factors
Time-to-Treatment
Toilet Facilities
Tornadoes
Torture
Transportation of Patients
Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
Trauma Centers
Triage
Tropical Storm [see Cyclonic Storms]
Tsunamis
Tularemia
Typhoon [see Cyclonic Storms]
U
Undocumented Immigrants
United Nations
United States Agency for International Development
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Defense
United States Department of Health and Human Services
United States Department of Homeland Security
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States Government Agencies
United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration
United States Office of Technology Assessment
United States Public Health Service
United States Social Security Administration
Universal Precautions
V
Vaccination
Vaccination Coverage
Vaccines
Vector Borne Diseases
Veterans Health
Violence
Viral Vaccines
Virtual Reality
Virus Shedding
Vital Statistics
Volcanic Eruptions
Voluntary Health Agencies
Voluntary Workers [*changed; see Volunteers]
Volunteers
Vulnerable Populations
VX
W
War [*changed; see Warfare]
War Exposure
War Crimes
War-Related Injuries
Warfare
Warfare and Armed Conflicts
Waste Management
Waste Products
Waste Water
Water Microbiology
Water Pollution
Water Pollution, Chemical
Water Pollution, Radioactive
Water Purification
Water Supply
Waterborne Diseases
Weapons
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Wilderness Medicine
Wildfires
Wind
Wireless Technology
Workload
Workplace Violence
World Health [*changed, see Global Health]
World Health Organization
Wounds and Injuries
Wounds, Penetrating
Z
Zika Virus
Zika Virus Infections
Zoonoses