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MeSH Heading: Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene
Tree Number(s): D02.455.526.439.292
Unique ID: D003633
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003633
Scope Note: An organochlorine pesticide, it is the ethylene metabolite of DDT.
Entry Term(s): 1,1-Dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene; DDE; DDMU; DDX; p,p'-DDE; p,p-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene
Pharm Action: Insecticides
Related Numbers: 1022-22-6; 72-55-9
CAS Type 1 Name: Benzene, 1,1'-(dichloroethenylidene)bis(4-chloro-)
NLM Classification #: WA 240
Previous Indexing: Insecticides (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 2005; see DDE 1973-2004, DDMU was indexed under DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROEHTYLENE 2005-2013
History Note: 2005
Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

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Concept UI: M0005687
Related Numbers: 1022-22-6; 72-55-9
Scope Note: An organochlorine pesticide, it is the ethylene metabolite of DDT.
Terms: Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene Preferred Term
Term UI T010596
Date01/08/1981
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); DDE
Term UI T010594
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag ACR
ThesaurusID NLM (1973); 1,1-Dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene
Term UI T845889
Date06/19/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; DDX
Term UI T010595
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); p,p'-DDE
Term UI T010597
Date09/19/1984
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; p,p-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene
Term UI T010598
Date02/08/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1989); DDMU
Term UI T097731
Date01/01/1955
LexicalTag ACR
ThesaurusID NLM (1972)

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