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MeSH Heading: Abortifacient Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.505.696.875.131; D27.505.954.705.131
Unique ID: D000019
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000019
Annotation: use no qualifiers for abortifacients when used to interrupt pregnancy; note entry term ABORTIFACIENT EFFECT: use only for the abortifacient effect of a chemical substance
Scope Note: Chemical substances that interrupt pregnancy after implantation.
Entry Term(s): Abortifacient Effect; Abortifacient Effects; Abortifacients; Contraceptive Agents, Postconception
NLM Classification #: QV 175
Previous Indexing: Abortion, Induced (1970-1974)
See Also: Oxytocics
Public MeSH Note: 75
History Note: 75
Date Established: 1975/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/06/25

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

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