Waste Management

"Waste Management" 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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Disposal, processing, controlling, recycling, and reusing the solid, liquid, and gaseous wastes of plants, animals, humans, and other organisms. It includes control within a closed ecological system to maintain a habitable environment.

Descriptor ID	D018505
MeSH Number(s)	N06.850.780.200.800.800.900 N06.850.860.510.900
Concept/Terms	Waste Management Waste Management Management, Waste Managements, Waste Waste Managements

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Waste Management".

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]
Waste Management [N06.850.780.200.800.800.900]
Sanitation [N06.850.860]
Sanitary Engineering [N06.850.860.510]
Waste Management [N06.850.860.510.900]

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