Chlorine

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A greenish-yellow, diatomic gas that is a member of the halogen family of elements. It has the atomic symbol Cl, atomic number 17, and atomic weight 35. It is a powerful irritant that can cause fatal pulmonary edema. Chlorine is used in manufacturing, as a reagent in synthetic chemistry, for water purification, and in the production of chlorinated lime, which is used in fabric bleaching.

Descriptor ID	D002713
MeSH Number(s)	D01.268.380.150 D01.362.225
Concept/Terms	Chlorine Chlorine Chlorine-35 Chlorine 35

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Inorganic Chemicals [D01]
Elements [D01.268]
Halogens [D01.268.380]
Chlorine [D01.268.380.150]
Gases [D01.362]
Chlorine [D01.362.225]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	0	2	2
2007	0	2	2
2009	0	1	1
2014	0	1	1
2015	0	1	1
2020	1	0	1

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Nanzaluka FH, Davis WW, Mutale L, Kapaya F, Sakubita P, Langa N, Gama A, N'cho HS, Malambo W, Murphy J, Blackstock A, Mintz E, Riggs M, Mukonka V, Sinyange N, Yard E, Brunkard J. Risk Factors for Epidemic Cholera in Lusaka, Zambia-2017. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 08; 103(2):646-651.

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Blanton E, Wilhelm N, O'Reilly C, Muhonja E, Karoki S, Ope M, Langat D, Omolo J, Wamola N, Oundo J, Hoekstra R, Ayers T, De Cock K, Breiman R, Mintz E, Lantagne D. A rapid assessment of drinking water quality in informal settlements after a cholera outbreak in Nairobi, Kenya. J Water Health. 2015 Sep; 13(3):714-25.

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Imanishi M, Kweza PF, Slayton RB, Urayai T, Ziro O, Mushayi W, Francis-Chizororo M, Kuonza LR, Ayers T, Freeman MM, Govore E, Duri C, Chonzi P, Mtapuri-Zinyowera S, Manangazira P, Kilmarx PH, Mintz E, Lantagne D. Household water treatment uptake during a public health response to a large typhoid fever outbreak in Harare, Zimbabwe. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 May; 90(5):945-54.

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Puzyn T, Mostrag A, Falandysz J, Kholod Y, Leszczynski J. Predicting water solubility of congeners: chloronaphthalenes--a case study. J Hazard Mater. 2009 Oct 30; 170(2-3):1014-22.

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Colindres RE, Jain S, Bowen A, Mintz E, Domond P. After the flood: an evaluation of in-home drinking water treatment with combined flocculent-disinfectant following Tropical Storm Jeanne -- Gonaives, Haiti, 2004. J Water Health. 2007 Sep; 5(3):367-74.

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Ram PK, Blanton E, Klinghoffer D, Platek M, Piper J, Straif-Bourgeois S, Bonner MR, Mintz ED. Household water disinfection in hurricane-affected communities of Louisiana: implications for disaster preparedness for the general public. Am J Public Health. 2007 Apr; 97 Suppl 1:S130-5.

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Beatty ME, Jack T, Sivapalasingam S, Yao SS, Paul I, Bibb B, Greene KD, Kubota K, Mintz ED, Brooks JT. An Outbreak of Vibrio cholerae O1 infections on Ebeye Island, Republic of the Marshall Islands, associated with use of an adequately chlorinated water source. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Jan 01; 38(1):1-9.

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Lakshman MK, Gunda P. Palladium-catalyzed synthesis of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon epoxide-nucleoside adducts: the first amination of a chloro nucleoside. Org Lett. 2003 Jan 09; 5(1):39-42.

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