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Polyvinyl Chloride

"Polyvinyl Chloride" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A polyvinyl resin used extensively in the manufacture of plastics, including medical devices, tubing, and other packaging. It is also used as a rubber substitute.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Polyvinyl Chloride" by people in this website by year, and whether "Polyvinyl Chloride" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 5 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2002 and 2006 and 2007 and 2012 and 2013
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