NLM Classification Schedule WH

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WH Hemic and Lymphatic Systems
	Classify general works on the hemic and lymphatic systems and their diseases in children in WS 300. Classify hemic and lymphatic disease nursing in WY 152.5. Classify works on nursing of patients with specific diseases in WY also.
	WH 1-100 Reference Works. General Works
	WH 120-540 Hematologic Diseases. Immunologic Factors. Blood Banks
	WH 600-700 Lymphatic System
	Reference Works. General Works

WH 1	Societies (Cutter from name of society) (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Includes ephemeral membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify substantial lists with directories. Classify annual reports, journals, etc., in W1.
	Collected works (General)
WH 5	By several authors
WH 7	By individual authors

WH 9	Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)

WH 11	History (Table G)
WH 11.1	General coverage (Not Table G)

WH 13	Dictionaries. Encyclopedias (Used for both monographs and serials)

WH 15	Classification. Terminology (Used for both monographs and serials)

WH 16	Tables. Statistics (Used for both monographs and serials)

WH 17	Atlases. Pictorial works
	Classify atlases limited to a particular part of the system here also.

WH 18	Education
	Classify here works about education.

WH 18.2	Educational materials (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.

WH 19	Schools, departments and faculties of hematology (Used for both monographs and serials)

WH 20	Research (General)
	Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.

WH 21	Hematology as a profession. Ethics. Peer review

WH 22	Directories (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WH 22.1	General coverage (Not Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
	Institutes. Laboratories of experimental research. Blood banks
WH 23	Collective
WH 24	Individual (Cutter from name of institution)

WH 25	Laboratory manuals. Technique
	Classify works on laboratory examination of blood in QY 400-490.

WH 26	Equipment and supplies
	Classify catalogs in W 26.

WH 26.5	Informatics. Automatic data processing. Computers (General)
	Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.
	Hospitals, clinics, etc.
WH 27	Collective (Table G)
WH 27.1	General coverage (Not Table G)
WH 28	Individual (Cutter from name of hospital) (Table G)
	Museums, exhibitions, etc.
WH 28.5	Collective
WH 28.6	Individual (Cutter from name of museum, etc.)

WH 32	Laws (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WH 32.1	General coverage (Not Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WH 33	Discussion of law (Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)
WH 33.1	General coverage (Not Table G) (Used for both monographs and serials)

WH 39	Handbooks. Resource guides (Used for both monographs and serials)

WH 100	General works
	Classify works on specialty and on the specialty and diseases here. Classify works on diseases alone in WH 120.
	Hematologic Diseases. Immunologic Factors. Blood Banks

WH 120	Hematologic diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)

WH 140	Hematopoietic system and hematopoiesis. Developmental theories. Blood cells (General)
	Classify material on blood chemistry in QY 450.

WH 150	Erythrocytes
WH 155	Anemia
	Classify works on neonatal anemia in WS 420; on splenic anemia in WH 600; on blood group incompatibility in WH 420.
WH 160	Hypochromic anemia
WH 165	Macrocytic anemia. Pernicious anemia
WH 170	Hemolytic anemia (e.g., Sickle cell anemia)
	Classify works on favism in WD 515; on hemoglobinuria in WJ 344; on kernicterus in WL 362.
WH 175	Anemias of bone marrow dysfunction (e.g., Aplastic anemia)
WH 180	Polycythemia. Polycythemia vera

WH 190	Hemoglobin and other hemeproteins. Porphyrins (Associated with hemoglobin)
	Classify general works on porphyrins in QU 110; on porphyria in WD 205.5.P6.

WH 200	Leukocytes. Leukocyte disorders (General)

WH 250	Leukemia
	Classify works on histology and pathology of leukemia in QZ 350.

WH 300	Blood platelets

WH 310	Mechanism of blood coagulation. Hemostasis
	Classify works on blood coagulation disorders in WH 322-325.

WH 312	Hemorrhagic disorders (General)
	Classify works on blood platelet disorders in WH 300.
WH 314	Purpura (General)
WH 315	Thrombocytopenic purpura
WH 320	Non-thrombopenic purpuras
WH 322	Blood coagulation disorders (General)
WH 325	Hemophilia. Hemarthrosis

WH 380	Bone marrow. Bone marrow diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)
	Cf. WH 175 Anemias; WH 180 Polycythemia vera.

WH 400	Fluid elements. Plasma. Serum. Blood proteins. Blood protein disorders
	Classify works on blood chemistry in QY 450-490; on inborn errors of protein metabolism in WD 205-205.5. Cf. WH 540 Multiple myeloma.

WH 420	Blood groups. Blood group incompatibility (General)
	Classify works on blood typing in QY 415; on medicolegal examination in W 791.
WH 425	Rh-Hr blood group system. Fetal erythroblastosis
	Classify works on kernicterus in WL 362.

WH 450	Whole blood. Blood derivatives. Plasma substitutes. Blood expanders

WH 460	Blood bank procedures (e.g., Procurement, processing, preservation, storage, shipment, etc. Blood donors. Plasmapheresis)
	Classify material on blood banks in WH 23 or WH 24; on blood transfusion in WB 356.

WH 500	Hodgkin's disease

WH 525	Hematologic neoplasms (General). Lymphoma
	Classify works on hematologic neoplasms in general here. Classify here also works which deal collectively with subjects classed in WH 250 Leukemia, WH 500 Hodgkin's disease, and WH 525 Lymphoma. Classify works on histology and pathology of hematologic neoplasms or lymphomas in QZ 350.

WH 540	Multiple myeloma
	Lymphatic System

WH 600	Spleen

WH 650	Reticuloendothelial system
	Classify works on the lipoidoses alone in WD 205.5.L5.

WH 700	Lymphatic system. Lymphatic diseases (General)
	Classify works on cells in general in WH 140; on blood cells by type in the numbers provided above.