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Descriptor
English
:
Drugs, Essential
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Medicamentos Esenciales
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Medicamentos Essenciais
Tree Number:
D26.355
VS2.002.001.013
Definition
English
:
Drugs considered essential to meet the
health
needs of a
population
as well as to
control
drug costs
. (World
Health
Organization Action Programme on Essential Drugs, 1994, p3)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
"essential to meet the
health
needs of a population"; IM GEN; for specific drug as essential, coord IM with drug (IM)
History Note
English
:
96
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
administration & dosage
adverse effects
analysis
chemistry
classification
chemical synthesis
contraindications
diagnostic use
economics
history
isolation & purification
metabolism
pharmacology
pharmacokinetics
poisoning
radiation effects
supply & distribution
standards
toxicity
therapeutic use
Record Number:
32768
Unique Identifier:
D018954
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