"Pesticides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Chemicals used to destroy pests of any sort. The concept includes fungicides (FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL); INSECTICIDES; RODENTICIDES; etc.
| Descriptor ID |
D010575
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.720.031.700 D27.888.723
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pesticides" by people in Profiles.
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Exposure and hormone associations of pesticides and flame retardants among primates in Uganda. Environ Toxicol Chem. 2025 Aug 01; 44(8):2244-2257.
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Serum concentrations of persistent endocrine-disrupting chemicals in U.S. military personnel: A comparison by race/ethnicity and sex. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2025 04; 265:114540.
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Organochlorine pesticides and risk of papillary thyroid cancer in U.S. military personnel: a nested case-control study. Environ Health. 2024 03 19; 23(1):28.
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High-throughput characterization of bacterial responses to complex mixtures of chemical pollutants. Nat Microbiol. 2024 Apr; 9(4):938-948.
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Dominance shifts increase the likelihood of soft selective sweeps. Evolution. 2022 05; 76(5):966-984.
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Public Health Surveillance for the Prevention of Pesticide-Related Illness in Illinois. J Occup Environ Med. 2020 05; 62(5):359-369.
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Mixed organic and inorganic tapwater exposures and potential effects in greater Chicago area, USA. Sci Total Environ. 2020 Jun 01; 719:137236.
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Children's Environmental Health in South and Southeast Asia: Networking for Better Child Health Outcomes. Ann Glob Health. 2019 02 25; 85(1).
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Association of occupational exposures with cardiovascular disease among US Hispanics/Latinos. Heart. 2019 03; 105(6):439-448.
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Stability of organochlorine pesticides during storage in water and loaded SPE disks containing sediment. Chemosphere. 2018 Nov; 210:57-64.