Medical Subject Headings | |
AN | ANNOTATION |
AQ | ALLOWABLE TOPICAL QUALIFIERS |
CATSH | CATALOGING SUBHEADINGS LIST NAME * |
CX | CONSIDER ALSO XREF |
DA | DATE OF ENTRY |
DC | DESCRIPTOR CLASS |
DE | DESCRIPTOR ENTRY VERSION |
DS | DESCRIPTOR SORT VERSION |
DX | DATE MAJOR DESCRIPTOR ESTABLISHED |
EC | ENTRY COMBINATION |
PRINT ENTRY | ENTRY TERM, PRINT ** |
ENTRY | ENTRY TERM, NON-PRINT ** |
FX | FORWARD CROSS REFERENCE (SEE ALSO REFERENCE) |
GM | GRATEFUL MED NOTE * |
HN | HISTORY NOTE |
M## | BACKFILE POSTINGS |
MH | MESH HEADING |
MH_TH | MESH HEADING THESAURUS ID [= MHTH in ELHILL MESH] |
MN | MESH TREE NUMBER |
MR | MAJOR REVISION DATE |
MS | MESH SCOPE NOTE |
N1 | CAS TYPE 1 NAME |
OL | ONLINE NOTE |
PA | PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION |
PI | PREVIOUS INDEXING |
PM | PUBLIC MESH NOTE |
PX | PRE EXPLOSION |
RECTYPE | RECORD TYPE [= RY in ELHILL MESH ] |
RH | RUNNING HEAD, MESH TREE STRUCTURES |
RN | CAS REGISTRY/EC NUMBER |
RR | RELATED CAS REGISTRY NUMBER |
ST | SEMANTIC TYPE * |
UI | UNIQUE IDENTIFIER |
* = not in ELHILL MeSH
M## INCLUDES MED, M94, M90, M85, M80, M75, and M66 data elements.
** ENTRY and PRINT ENTRY terms may have several subfields, with each subfield entry separated from another by a bar. A final string "map" indicates which value goes with which subfield. For example,
PRINT ENTRY = Avian Sarcoma|T050|T191|NON|EQV|NLM (1994)|930624|abbcdefIn the final string of characters - 'abcdeef' - each letter corresponds to a specific subfield and indicates the position of the subfield and any position repeats:
a | the term itself |
b | SEMANTIC TYPE* |
c | LEXICAL TYPE* |
d | SEMANTIC RELATION* |
e | THESAURUS ID |
f | DATE |
s | SORT VERSION |
v | ENTRY VERSION |
* = not in ELHILL MeSH
Last updated: 18 October 2001
First published: 18 October 2001
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