MeSH Heading	Letter
Tree Number	V01.445
Tree Number	V02.355.374
Tree Number	V02.625
Annotation	this heading is used as a Publication Type; letters & correspondence as a subject are indexed under the main heading CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; CATALOG: do not use for collections of letters, use the Publication Type COLLECTED CORRESPONDENCE
Scope Note	Work consisting of written or printed communication between individuals or between persons and representatives of corporate bodies. The correspondence may be personal or professional. In medical and other scientific publications the letter is usually from one or more authors to the editor of the journal or book publishing the item being commented upon or discussed. LETTER is often accompanied by COMMENT.
See Also	Collected Correspondence
History Note	2008(1991)
Date of Entry	19950623
Unique ID	D016422

Publication Components [V01]
	Abstracts [V01.070]
	Advertisements [V01.100]
	Animation [V01.110]
	Architectural Drawings [V01.140]
	Bibliography [V01.165]  +
	Biography [V01.175]
	Book Illustrations [V01.185]  +
	Bookplates [V01.195]
	Charts [V01.200]
	Comment [V01.205]
	Editorial [V01.250]
	English Abstract [V01.260]
	Letter [V01.445]
	News [V01.630]
	Patient Education Handout [V01.665]
	Published Erratum [V01.700]
	Retraction of Publication [V01.775]

Publication Formats [V02]
Ephemera [V02.355]
	Advertisements [V02.355.249]
	Letter [V02.355.374]
	Posters [V02.355.500]
	Programs [V02.355.750]
	Prospectuses [V02.355.775]

Publication Formats [V02]
	Abbreviations [V02.025]
	Abstracts [V02.035]
	Academic Dissertations [V02.050]
	Account Books [V02.060]
	Addresses [V02.070]  +
	Advertisements [V02.100]
	Almanacs [V02.110]
	Anecdotes [V02.115]
	Animation [V02.120]
	Annual Reports [V02.130]
	Aphorisms and Proverbs [V02.135]
	Architectural Drawings [V02.140]
	Atlases [V02.150]
	Bibliography [V02.165]  +
	Biography [V02.170]  +
	Book Reviews [V02.180]
	Broadsides [V02.200]
	Caricatures [V02.225]
	Cartoons [V02.235]
	Catalogs [V02.240]  +
	Charts [V02.245]
	Chronology [V02.250]
	Classical Article [V02.255]
	Collected Works [V02.260]  +
	Collections [V02.265]
	Comment [V02.267]
	Congresses [V02.270]  +
	Corrected and Republished Article [V02.275]
	Database [V02.300]
	Diaries [V02.305]
	Dictionary [V02.310]  +
	Directory [V02.312]
	Documentaries and Factual Films [V02.315]
	Duplicate Publication [V02.320]
	Editorial [V02.335]
	Encyclopedias [V02.350]
	Ephemera [V02.355]  +
	Essays [V02.365]
	Eulogies [V02.375]  +
	Exhibitions [V02.415]
	Fictional Works [V02.450]
	Forms [V02.460]
	Government Publications [V02.500]
	Guidebooks [V02.510]
	Guideline [V02.515]  +
	Handbooks [V02.520]
	Historical Article [V02.530]  +
	Humor [V02.540]  +
	Indexes [V02.550]
	Instruction [V02.575]  +
	Journal Article [V02.600]  +
	Laboratory Manuals [V02.605]
	Legal Cases [V02.610]
	Legislation [V02.620]
	Letter [V02.625]
	Manuscripts [V02.630]
	Meeting Abstracts [V02.650]
	Monograph [V02.660]  +
	News [V02.665]
	Newspaper Article [V02.667]
	Outlines [V02.670]
	Overall [V02.672]  +
	Patents [V02.675]
	Periodical Index [V02.682]
	Periodicals [V02.690]
	Pharmacopoeias [V02.695]  +
	Pictorial Works [V02.700]  +
	Popular Works [V02.725]  +
	Published Erratum [V02.737]
	Resource Guides [V02.750]
	Retracted Publication [V02.800]
	Retraction of Publication [V02.825]
	Review [V02.912]  +
	Statistics [V02.956]
	Tables [V02.978]
	Technical Report [V02.989]
	Unedited Footage [V02.994]
	Union Lists [V02.997]
	Unpublished Works [V02.998]