Medical Subject Headings

Controlled vocabulary thesaurus produced by the NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE. It consists of sets of terms naming descriptors in a hierarchical structure that permits searching at various levels of specificity.

Year introduced: 2005

Date introduced: July 7, 2004

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Subheadings:

Restrict to MeSH Major Topic.

Do not include MeSH terms found below this term in the MeSH hierarchy.

Tree Number(s): L01.462.750.245.945.700.500

MeSH Unique ID: D046650

Entry Terms:

• Medical Subject Heading
• Subject Heading, Medical
• Subject Headings, Medical
• MeSH Headings

Previous Indexing:

• Subject Headings (1969-2004)

See Also:

• MEDLINE

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