DeCS

Descriptor English:

Chemical Actions and Uses

Descriptor Spanish:

Acciones y Usos Químicos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	acciones y usos químicos
Scope note:	Grupo de actividades y efectos farmacológicos en los sistemas vivos y en el ambiente, y modos de empleo de fármacos y sustancias químicas. Se dividen en acciones, que describen sus efectos, y en usos, que describen cómo se emplean.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Ações e Usos de Compostos Químicos

Descriptor French:

Actions chimiques et utilisations

Tree number(s):

D27

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020164

Scope note:

A group of pharmacologic activities, effects on living systems and the environment, and modes of employment of drugs and chemicals. They are broken into actions, which describe their effects, and uses, which describe how they are employed.

Annotation:

used for searching; INDEXER: Do not use; CATALOGER: Do not use

Allowable Qualifiers:

No qualifiers

Public MeSH Note:

History Note:

DeCS ID:

33857

Unique ID:

D020164

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

Click here to access the VHL documents

Date Established:

1999/01/01

Date of Entry:

1998/06/10

Revision Date:

2015/06/05

CHEMICALS AND DRUGS

Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]

Chemical Actions and Uses

Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]

Pharmacologic Actions

Specialty Uses of Chemicals [D27.720]

Specialty Uses of Chemicals

Toxic Actions [D27.888]

Toxic Actions

Chemical Actions and Uses - Preferred

Concept UI	M0029889
Scope note	A group of pharmacologic activities, effects on living systems and the environment, and modes of employment of drugs and chemicals. They are broken into actions, which describe their effects, and uses, which describe how they are employed.
Preferred term	Chemical Actions and Uses

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