Concept information
Preferred term
Ultraviolet Therapy
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- The use of ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation in the treatment of disease, usually of the skin. This is the part of the sun's spectrum that causes sunburn and tanning. Ultraviolet A, used in PUVA, is closer to visible light and less damaging than Ultraviolet B, which is ionizing.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Actinotherapy
- Therapy, Ultraviolet
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- ethics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- instrumentation (Qualifier)
- methods (Qualifier)
- mortality (Qualifier)
- nursing (Qualifier)
- psychology (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- statistics & numerical data (Qualifier)
- trends (Qualifier)
- veterinary (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Actinothérapie par ultraviolets
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Actinothérapie par UV
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Traitement par rayonnements ultraviolets
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Traitement par ultra-violets
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Uviothérapie
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JZ1F4BB4-C
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