FAQ: Fields found in a PubMed® record

Question: What fields are found in a PubMed® record?

Answer:

For detailed information about the fields and data in a MEDLINE/PubMed record, see the MEDLINE/PubMed Data Element (Field) Descriptions at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/mms/medlineelements.html

For information on how to search PubMed by specific fields, see the PubMed Help section on Search Field Descriptions and Tags at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=helppubmed.section.pubmedhelp.Search_Field_Descrip.

For more information, see:

Searching PubMed (in PubMed Help) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=helppubmed.section.pubmedhelp.Searching_PubMed.
PubMed: MEDLINE® Retrieval on the World Wide Web Fact Sheet at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/pubmed.html

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Last updated: 10 July 2008
First published: 14 July 2006
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