Estrogen

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045012
- info:lc/authorities/sh85045012
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85045012#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Oestrogen
Broader Terms
- Hormones, Sex
Narrower Terms
Related Terms
- Anti-estrogenic diet
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb11935571k
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4075616-6
Sources
- found: Effects of trace organics on fish, phase 2: p. 9 (Whilst the identity of the oestrogens in sewage effluent ... the synthetic oestrogen present in the contraceptive pill)
- found: Web. 3 (Estrogen also oestrogen: a sex hormone (as estradiol, estriol, estrone) produced esp. in the ovaries and usu. characterized by its ability to promote estrus)
- found: Black's med. dict., 1992: p. 422 (Oestrogen is the term applied to any substance that will induce oestrus or "heat")
LC Classification
- QP572.E85
Change Notes
- 2002-10-15: new
- 2007-02-10: revised

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