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MeSH Heading: Pesticides
Tree Number(s): D27.720.031.700; D27.888.723
Unique ID: D010575
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010575
Annotation: general or unspecified only; prefer specific types
Scope Note: Chemicals used to destroy pests of any sort. The concept includes fungicides (FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL); INSECTICIDES; RODENTICIDES; etc.
Entry Term(s): Pesticide
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

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)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Pesticides MeSH Descriptor Data 2025