Health Care

Insect Control

The reduction or regulation of the population of noxious, destructive, or dangerous insects through chemical, biological, or other means.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The reduction or regulation of the population of noxious, destructive, or dangerous insects through chemical, biological, or other means.

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1 entry terms
  • Control, Insect

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10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

for sterilization of insects, coord specific insect (IM) + PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL (IM) but not also STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE (see note there) & not also INSECT CONTROL

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  1. N06.850w.780.200.650w.425

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QX 600

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Insect Control. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007300. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007300
  2. Insect Control. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70442071