health physics

Preferred Label : health physics;

MeSH definition : The science concerned with problems of radiation protection relevant to reducing or preventing radiation exposure, and the effects of ionizing radiation on humans and their environment.;

MeSH synonym : radiologic physics; physics, health; physics, radiologic;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Medical physics;

MeSH annotation : SPEC: SPEC qualif; physics or phys principles in the field of med specific med term (IM) PHYSICS (NIM) or specific phys principle (IM), as The physics of brachytherapy BRACHYTHERAPY (IM) PHYSICS (NIM); physics or phys principles in the field of med specific med term (IM) PHYSICS (NIM) or specific phys principle (IM), as The physics of brachytherapy BRACHYTHERAPY (IM) PHYSICS (NIM);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical physics;

Details

Origin ID

D006283;

UMLS CUI

C0018725;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Physical Well-being [NCIt concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Health Physics [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- health physics [MeSH concept]
See also
- radiation monitoring [MeSH Descriptor]
- radiation protection [MeSH Descriptor]
- radiometry [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- radiology [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical Occupation or Discipline [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Health Physics [NCIt concept]

Keyword's position in hierarchy(ies) :

Main resources

You can consult :

recommendations
documents concerning education
documents for patients