Chlorine
"Chlorine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A greenish-yellow, diatomic gas that is a member of the halogen family of elements. It has the atomic symbol Cl, atomic number 17, and atomic weight 70.906. It is a powerful irritant that can cause fatal pulmonary edema. Chlorine is used in manufacturing, as a reagent in synthetic chemistry, for water purification, and in the production of chlorinated lime, which is used in fabric bleaching.
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D002713
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MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.380.150 D01.362.225
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2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chlorine" by people in Profiles.
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Trubetskaya A, Kling J, Ershag O, Attard TM, Schr?der E. Removal of phenol and chlorine from wastewater using steam activated biomass soot and tire carbon black. J Hazard Mater. 2019 03 05; 365:846-856.
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Jiang SA, Campusano JM, Su H, O'Dowd DK. Drosophila mushroom body Kenyon cells generate spontaneous calcium transients mediated by PLTX-sensitive calcium channels. J Neurophysiol. 2005 Jul; 94(1):491-500.