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MeSH Qualifier: pharmacology
Unique ID: Q000494
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000494
Annotation: subhead only; with exogenous chemicals only; includes "effect", "mechanism of action", "mode of action"; not for pharmacokinetics ( = /‌pharmacokinetics); see also /‌adverse effects, /‌poisoning & /‌toxicity; see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.54; DF: /‌pharmacol or /PD
Scope Note: Used with drugs and exogenously administered chemical substances for their effects on living tissues and organisms. It includes acceleration and inhibition of physiological and biochemical processes and other pharmacologic mechanisms of action.
Entry Version: PHARMACOL
Abbreviation: PD
Entry Term(s): mechanism of action; mode of action; pharmacodynamics; pharmacologic action
Online Note: search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/PD or PD (SH) or SUBS APPLY PD; use /pharmacology or /PD to search /pharmacodynamics back thru 1966
History Note: 88; was /pharmacodynamics 1966-87; used with Category D 1966 forward
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1973/12/27
Revision Date: 2003/07/24

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