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Descriptor English: Pharmacology
Descriptor Spanish: Farmacología
Descriptor farmacología
Scope note: Estudia el origen, la naturaleza, las propiedades y las acciones de los fármacos y sus efectos sobre los organismos vivos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Farmacologia
Descriptor French: Pharmacologie
Entry term(s): Pharmacologies
Tree number(s): H01.158.703
H02.628
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010600
Scope note: The study of the origin, nature, properties, and actions of drugs and their effects on living organisms.
Annotation: the discipline (education, history, etc) only; use PHARMACOLOGICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL PHENOMENA or specifics treed under it for the properties of drugs and their metabolism and interactions; the qualifier /pharmacology is available for use with drugs and chemicals; methods: consider TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Entry Version: PHARMACOL
Related: Pharmaceutical Preparations MeSH
DeCS ID: 10790
Unique ID: D010600
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/13
Pharmacology - Preferred
Concept UI M0016468
Scope note The study of the origin, nature, properties, and actions of drugs and their effects on living organisms.
Preferred term Pharmacology
Entry term(s) Pharmacologies



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