Refuse Disposal

"Refuse Disposal" 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.

MeSH information

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The discarding or destroying of garbage, sewage, or other waste matter or its transformation into something useful or innocuous.

Descriptor ID	D012037
MeSH Number(s)	N06.850.780.200.800.800.700 N06.850.860.510.900.600
Concept/Terms	Refuse Disposal Refuse Disposal Disposal, Refuse Disposals, Refuse Refuse Disposals Waste Disposal, Solid Waste Disposal, Solid Disposal, Solid Waste Disposals, Solid Waste Solid Waste Disposal Solid Waste Disposals Waste Disposals, Solid

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Refuse Disposal".

Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Public Health Practice [N06.850.780]
Communicable Disease Control [N06.850.780.200]
Sanitation [N06.850.780.200.800]
Sanitary Engineering [N06.850.780.200.800.800]
Refuse Disposal [N06.850.780.200.800.800.700]
Sanitation [N06.850.860]
Sanitary Engineering [N06.850.860.510]
Waste Management [N06.850.860.510.900]
Refuse Disposal [N06.850.860.510.900.600]

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