/analysis. /assay . /chemical analysis . /determination . Used for the identification or quantitative determination of a substance or its constituents and metabolites; includes the analysis of air, water, or other environmental carrier. It excludes the chemical analysis of tissues, tumors, body fluids, organisms, and plants for which "chemistry" is used. The concept applies to both methodology and results. For analysis of substances in blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and urine the specific subheading designating the fluid is used. . 0.70
/isolation & purification. /isolation and purification . /isolation . /purification . Used with bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, and helminths for the obtaining of pure strains or for the demonstration of the presence of or identification of organisms by DNA analyses, immunologic, or other methods, including culture techniques. It is used also with biological substances and chemicals for the isolation and purification of the constituents. . 0.43
/urine. /urinary aspects . /urinary levels . Used for the presence or analysis of substances in the urine, and also for the examination of, or changes in, the urine in disease. . 0.41
Environmental Monitoring. Bio-Monitoring . Biologic Monitoring . Biomonitoring . Environmental Surveillance . Monitoring, Biological . Bio Monitoring . Monitoring, Biologic . Surveillance, Environmental . Environmental Contamination Control . Environmental Control . Pollution Control Measures . Biological Monitoring . Ecological Monitoring . Monitoring, Environmental . Pollution Prevention . Pollution Reduction . 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. . 0.39
Immobilization. Experimental Hypokinesia . Experimental Hypokinesias . Hypokinesias, Experimental . Hypokinesia, Experimental . The restriction of the MOVEMENT of whole or part of the body by physical means (RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL) or chemically by ANALGESIA, or the use of TRANQUILIZING AGENTS or NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS. It includes experimental protocols used to evaluate the physiologic effects of immobility. . 0.39
Baths. Bath 1169 . The immersion or washing of the body or any of its parts in water or other medium for cleansing or medical treatment. It includes bathing for personal hygiene as well as for medical purposes with the addition of therapeutic agents, such as alkalines, antiseptics, oil, etc. . 0.38
Chemistry, Clinical. Clinical Chemistry . The specialty of ANALYTIC CHEMISTRY applied to assays of physiologically important substances found in blood, urine, tissues, and other biological fluids for the purpose of aiding the physician in making a diagnosis or following therapy. . 0.38
Staining and Labeling. Histological Labelings . Labeling and Staining . Labeling, Histological . Labelings, Histological . Stainings . Histological Labeling . Staining . Staining and Labelling . The marking of biological material with a dye or other reagent for the purpose of identifying and quantitating components of tissues, cells or their extracts. . 0.37
Hydrobiology. Aquatic Biology . Aquatic Ecology . Biology, Aquatic . Ecology, Aquatic . Water Biology . The study of aquatic life inhabiting bodies of water, including growth, morphology, physiology, genetics, distribution, and interactions with other organisms and the environment. It includes MARINE HYDROBIOLOGY. . 0.37
