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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. environmental science
  3. environmental management
  4. environmental monitoring
  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. environmental science
  3. environmental management
  4. environmental monitoring
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. methodology
  3. monitoring
  4. environmental monitoring

Preferred term

environmental monitoring

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The monitoring of the level of toxins, chemical pollutants, microbial contaminants, or other harmful substances in the environment (soil, air, and water), workplace, or in the bodies of people and animals present in that environment.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2017

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • biological monitoring
  • bio-monitoring
  • biomonitoring
  • environment monitoring

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/37456

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