"Irritants" 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.
Drugs that act locally on cutaneous or mucosal surfaces to produce inflammation; those that cause redness due to hyperemia are rubefacients; those that raise blisters are vesicants and those that penetrate sebaceous glands and cause abscesses are pustulants; tear gases and mustard gases are also irritants.
| Descriptor ID |
D007509
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.720.400 D27.888.569.300
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Irritants" by people in Profiles.
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Botanical Briefs: Daffodils (Narcissus Species). Cutis. 2023 Jan; 111(1):41-45.
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Validation of a novel irritant gas syndrome triage algorithm. Am J Disaster Med. 2018; 13(1):13-26.
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Assessment of an irritant gas plume model for epidemiologic study. Int J Environ Health Res. 2017 Aug; 27(4):276-292.
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Validating Signs and Symptoms From An Actual Mass Casualty Incident to Characterize An Irritant Gas Syndrome Agent (IGSA) Exposure: A First Step in The Development of a Novel IGSA Triage Algorithm. J Emerg Nurs. 2017 Jul; 43(4):333-338.
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Eucalyptus as a specific irritant causing vocal cord dysfunction. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2004 Sep; 93(3):299-303.