The Basics of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®)
Learn more about Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and how to use them to search MEDLINE®/PubMed® for medical literature and information.
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Introduction What is MeSH? |
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MeSH Heading Tree Structures Organization of the MeSH Vocabulary. |
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Principles of MEDLINE Subject Indexing |
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The MeSH Database Building a search strategy for PubMed. |
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Searching PubMed using MeSH Vocabulary Search Field Tags |
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Indexing for Chemicals and Drugs |
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Pharmacological Action Terms |
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Searching for Chemicals and Drugs |
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Further Information about Chemical Searching |