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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Cold Injury
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Descriptor Spanish:
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daņos provocados por el frio
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Lesão por Frio
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Synonyms English:
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Cold Injuries
Injuries, Cold
Injury, Cold
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Tree Number:
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C26.212
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Definition English:
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A physical injury caused by exposure of the body to extremely low ambient temperatures that may lead to loss of body parts, or in extreme cases, death. Examples of cold injury are FROSTBITE and CHILBLAINS. |
History Note English:
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2016
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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55853
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Unique Identifier:
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D000067390
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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