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Detailed Information: MEDLINE (ME10, ME05, ME00, ME95, ME90, ME83, ME66, ME60)
MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) covers worldwide literature on every area of medicine, including dental medicine, veterinary medicine, psychology, and public health. The database corresponds to the printed "Index Medicus" and to some other printed material. Sources include approx. 4,800 international journals. Bibliographic information, indexing terms, and abstracts (54 %) are searchable.
Content navigation
- Database Content: Subject Coverage | Type | Language | Sources | Superbases
- Database Resources: File Size | File Data | Update Cycle
- Query: User Aids | Special Notes | Vocabulary | Searchable Data Fields | Data Fields, alphabetical | Output of Search Results | Sample Search(es) | Sample Record(s)
- Contact: Producer | Contact Person
- Appendix: Appendix
Database Content
| Subject Coverage | Medicine and Related Fields Biomedical research and clinical studies, bioethics, dental medicine, nursery, pharmacy, psychology, public health, space medicine, toxicology, veterinary medicine |
|---|---|
| Type | Literature database |
| Language | English |
| Sources | Biomedical journals: approx. 4,800, more than 90% are evaluated cover - to - cover |
| Superbases | There are predefined databases groups (superbase) for several subjects. The database MEDLINE is part of the following superbases: |
Database Resources
| File Size | 20,962,017 (Status 06/2011) |
|---|---|
| File Data |
ME10: 2010 to date You will find the number of database records in the current update status. |
| Update Cycle | Daily |
Query
User Aids
Special Notes
The hierarchical structure of MeSH makes it possible, to search for a whole group of related descriptors in one step: with F CT DOWN= ..., MeSH-descriptors can be further limited by using one or several from more than 80 qualifier, e.g. epidemiology of a disease (F CT=.../ep). Descriptors indicating the main points of an article are weighted (.../*; to be searched as F CT= .../W=1).
With DISPLAY CT=...;ALL additional information from the printed MeSH - Annotated Alphabetic List can be requested. With DISPLAY CT TREE ... the hierarchical Structure of the thesaurus is shown.
Does not apply to documents with status=oldmedline, status=alert or status=publisher.
The documents with the status=oldmedline, status=alert (IN-DATA-REVIEW, IN-PROCESS) or status=publisher are not indexed with MeSH and have no CT. Journal articles originating prior to 1966 are included among the documents with status=oldmedline. Documents with the status=alert are in process and will be incorporated into the MEDLINE database (status=medline) as soon as they are finished. Documents from PubMed with status=publisher concern, for the most part, references to articles that were published on the internet before being allocated to a specific issue of a journal and, therefore, the list of references is incomplete. After allocation the documents (status=medline) are incorporated into the MEDLINE database as well.
Standing orders (SDI) are possible.
Vocabulary
Medical Subject Headings-MeSH (CT) (thesaurus with
polyhierarchical structure)
Language of vocabulary: English, German. Not for documents
with status=alert and status=publisher.
The hierarchical structure of the thesaurus allows a one step search for indented descriptors using the command FIND CT D (explosion). MeSH descriptors can be limited using more than 80 qualifiers ( e.g. epidemiology of a disease (FIND CT=.../QF=ep). List of qualifiers see appendix).
Descriptors, describing the major topics of an article are weighted and marked in the document by an asterisk (MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION/*). You can search for weighted descriptors with the command FIND CT=.../W=1.
The command DISPLAY CT TREE ... displays the structure of the thesaurus.
DISPLAY CT= ... ;ALL displays all available additional information to a descriptor (see table below).
The following additional information for controlled terms (CT) is available:
| Code | Field name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ANN | Annotations | Indexing annotations |
| AQ | Allowed Qualifier | Qualifiers allowed for limiting the controlled terms |
| CC | Classification Code | One descriptor may have several classification codes corresponding to the different branches in the polyhierarchic thesaurus |
| CR | CAS-Registry-Number | |
| DA | Date | Date, the record was added to the system |
| ECOM | Entry Combination | Information on use of combinations for related concepts |
| HIS | History-Notes | Information on entry date of the descriptor and formerly used controlled terms |
| MAE | Major Established | Introduction date as major descriptor |
| MAS | MeSH Associated Term | Drugs with the corresponding pharmacological action (PACT) |
| N1 | Preferred Name | Preferred name of chemicals |
| OLN | Online Note | Indicator to indexing |
| PACT | Pharmacological Action | Pharmacological action descriptor |
| PI | Previous Indexing | Previous Indexing |
| PMN | Public Mesh Note | Information on entry date of the descriptor and formaerly used controlled terms |
| SCN | Scope Notes | Definitions |
| SYN | Synonym | Information on entry terms |
| USE | Use | Print Version |
Medical Subject Headings - Supplementary Chemical Records (TE)
(with CAS Reg. Nos. (CR) or Enzyme Codes (EZ) - used since June
1980)
Language of vocabulary: English
The following additional information on Supplementary Chemical Records (TE) is available:
| Code | Field Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CR | CAS Registry Number | |
| CT | Controlled Term | Corresponding MeSH-Term |
| DA | Date | Year of first identification in a MEDLINE-Journal |
| HMT | Heading Mapped To | MeSH Terms used in index the chemical |
| LO | Locator | Locator |
| MRD | Major Revise Date | Last time of Update |
| N1 | Name | Preferred Term |
| PACT | Pharmacological Action Term | Attributive MeSH Term to pharmacological effect |
| PI | Previous Indexing | Previous Indexing |
| RR | Related CAS Registry Number | Related CAS Registry Number |
| SCN | Scope Notes | Definitions |
| SOC | Source | Source |
| SY | Synonym | Synonyms |
Index terms (IT) keywords in documents from the Kennedy Institute of ethics (bioethics) and from the former SPACELINE database (space medicine).
Gene Symbols (GE) (abbreviations for genes - used as from January 1991 to December 1995) and from 2002
Personal Name as Subject (PS)
Searchable Data Fields
The following document sections are considered with the free text search (FT):
Abstract (AB)
Controlled Term (CT)
Controlled Term English (CTE)
Controlled Term German (CTG)
Controlled Term Additional (CTADD)
Document Type (DT)
Gene Symbol (GE)
Geographic Heading (GH)
Index Term (IT)
Personal Name as Subject (PS)
Terminology (TE)
Title (TI)
The field label FT is automatically preset by the system (=default).
Search language(s) in the basic index:
English. Original titles searchable.
Additionally German MeSH-descriptors. Attention! Multiple language basic index may lead to false results, e.g. "rate" different meaning in German and English! If necessary, restrict to F ... /CTG or F ... /CTE.
Data Fields, alphabetical
Explanation:
D = DISPLAY F = FIND S = SHOW
1 : front-end-masking recommended
2 : searchable word by word with field label
3 : searchable only selectively
(F): field is searchable
only via basic index
| Command | Field Name | Examples | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| (F) S | AB Abstract | F risk factor#/AB | In approx. 76% of the citations as of 1976. Not for status=oldmedline. |
| D F S | AI Abstract Indicator | F ...AND AI= ? | Selects documents with an abstract online. |
| D F S | AU Author | F AU=chaisson re | Until 83 all names; 84 to 9602 up to 10 names, since 9603 up to 25 names. Contains also full names since 2002. |
| S | AUL Author long | AUL: Müller Gerd H | Entire author`s names since 2002. |
| D F S | CA Corporate Authors | F CA=children cancer study group | Corporate authors. |
| D F | CC Controlled Term Code | F CC=c4.626 F CC D c4 D CC T c4.626 D CC=c4.626;ALL |
MeSH-Code Version. Requesting upper and lower level classification codes and additional information same as with CT. Not for status=alert and status=publisher. |
| F | /QF = xx/W = 1 | F CC D c4/QF=di F CC D c4/QF D di F CC D c4/w=1 F CC D c4/QF=di/w=1 F CC D c4/QF D di/w=1 |
Qualifying and weighting of classification codes, same as with CT. Not for status=alert and status=publisher. |
| D F S | CED Date Created | F CED=20041112 | Date processing of the record begins. The record enters MEDLINE with the status=alert and status=publisher. |
| S | CNOTE Copyright Notice | CNOTE:Copyright 1999 Academic Press. | Copyright notice for abstract by publisher of journal. Only SHOW. |
| D F S | CO Coden | F CO=jamaa# | International journal code. |
| D F S | CR CAS Number | F CR=50-36-2 | Since 1980; see also TE. Not for status=alert and status=publisher. |
| D 2 F 2 S | CS Corporate Source | F CS=medical ?, francisco. | |
| D F S | CT Controlled Term | F CT=syphilis | MeSH; Freetextsearch (/CT) includes also german descriptors. Not for status=alert and status=publisher. |
| F CT D syphilis | Indented descriptors are included. | ||
| D CT T syphilis | Requesting tree structure. | ||
| D CT=syphilis;ALL | Requesting additional information. | ||
| F | /QF = xx | F CT=syphilis/QF=di | Combination with qualifiers. |
| F CT=syphilis/QF=(di;pa;ra) | Combination with several qualifiers. | ||
| F CT=syphilis/QF D di | Combination with a whole group of related qualifiers. | ||
| F | /W = 1 | F CT=syphilis/W=1 | Weighting of controlled terms. |
| F | /QF=xx/W=1 Qualifier weighted | F CT=syphilis/QF=di/w=1 F CT D syphilis/QF=(di;pa; ra;ri;us)/w=1 F CT D syphilis/QF D di/w=1 |
Weighting of the combination controlled term with one, several, or groups of related qualifiers. |
| D F S | CTADD Controlled Term Additional | f CTADD=snyder robinson syndrome D CTADD=? |
Standardized protocols and technical term to rare diseases. |
| D F S | CTE Controlled Term English | F CTE =spleen F spleen/CTE |
Not for status=alert and status=publisher. |
| D F S | CTG Controlled Term German | F CTG=milz F milz/CTG |
Not for status=alert and status=publisher. |
| D F S | CY Country of Publication | F CY=united states D CY=? |
Country of publication. |
| D F S | DCO Date Completed | F DCO=20041112 | Date processing of the record ends. The record enters MEDLINE. |
| D F S | DOI Digital Object Identifier | D DOI=? F DOI="10.1002/AB.20394" |
Must be set in quotation marks. A DOI is a unique and persistent identification code for digital objects. |
| D F S | DT Document Type | F DT=journal article D DT=? |
Often multiple entries, prior to 1991 not in all citations. |
| D F S | EPD Electronic Publication Date | F EPD=20040124 | Electronic Publishing Date. Not for status=oldmedline. |
| D F S | EZ Enzyme Code | F EZ=e.c. 1.1.1.1 | Since 1980; see also TE. Not for status=alert and status=publisher. |
| D 1 F 1 S | GE Gene Symbol | F GE=c-erbb-2 D GE=?erbb? |
Internationally used abbreviations for genes (from 1991 to 1995, from 2002). Not for status=oldmedline, status=alert and status=publisher. |
| S | GN General Note | GN: KIE BoB Subject Heading: surrogate mothers | |
| D F S | GH Geographic Heading | F GH=mediterranean region D GH=? |
Geographicals (category 16) from MeSH. |
| D F S | ISSN International Standard Serial Number | F ISSN=0098-7484 | |
| D F S | IT Index Terms | F IT=surrogate motherhood | Keywords from bioethics thesaurus and from SPACELINE (space flight mission). Documents with status=oldmedline contain MeSH descriptors instead. Not for status=alert and status=publisher. |
| D F S | JID NLM Unique ID | F JID=8710646 | NLM journal number. |
| D1 F1 S | JT Journal Title | F JT=The Journal of biological chemistry F JT=J Biol Chem |
Long version of journal title. Abbreviation of "LSIOU" or "LJI" also searchable. Part of SO. |
| S | JTA Journal Title Abbreviated | JTA: J Biol Chem | Searchable under JT. |
| D F S | LA Language | F ... AND LA=engl D LA=? |
About 40 different languages. |
| D F | LAU Last Author | F LAU=braun pm | Last author of an article. |
| S | LR Last Revision Date | LR: 900102 | Only in citations corrected by the NLM. |
| D F S | ND Number of Document | F ND=ME21813369 | |
| S | NG Number of Grant | NG: AG 13910 AG NIA | |
| S | NOTE Notes | NOTE: Comment in: Jama 1989 Sep 15;262 (11):1471-2 | Presence of comment to an original article in the same journal title. |
| D F | PAU First Author | F PAU=braun pm | Searching for the first author of an article. |
| D F S | PD Publication Date | F PD=200411? | Publication Date. Truncation recommended. Contains PY and is part of SO. |
| D F S | PM Publication Model | F PM=print-electronic | Form and sequence of publication. |
| D F S | PMID PubMed ID | F PMID=14561285 | PubMed document number. |
| D F | PPS PreProcessed Searches | D PPS=? | Shows all subjects for whose precasted search profiles are available (see appendix). |
| F ... AND PPS=human | Search for all documents relating (also) to humans. | ||
| D F S | PS Personal Name as Subject | F PS=pasteur l | Articles on famous or prominent persons. Not for status=alert. |
| D F S | PY Publication Year | F ... AND PY>=1985 | |
| D F | QF Qualifier | F QF=di F D di |
Direct search of a qualifier or a group of qualifiers. List of qualifiers see appendix. Not for status=alert and status=publisher. |
| D QF=a? | Alphabetical list of qualifiers with abbreviations, see also CC, CT. | ||
| D QF=di;ALL | Additional information to qualifier. | ||
| D QF D di | Groups of related qualifiers. | ||
| F QF=di/w=l | Weighting. | ||
| D F | QFG Qualifier German | F QFG=ätiologie | German translation of the qualifiers. Not for status=alert and status=publisher. |
| S | RN Number of References | RN: 33 | Number of cited references in review articles. |
| D F S | SEC Secondary Source | F SEC=genbank | Citations with a reference to GENBANK. PubMed Central are directly linked. |
| D SECDB=? | Lists all secondary sources. List of SEC see appendix. |
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| SEC: GENBANK; AA184909; AB018351; AB018651; AF472514 | Reference to other databases containing information on molecular sequences with the corresponding document numbers. | ||
| S | SO Source | SO: The Journal of biological chemistry; 276; 23; 20523-8; 20010608 | Composed of JT (long version), PY, and other bibliographic data. |
| D F S | STA Status | F STA=alert F STA=publisher |
Finds documents not yet indexed with CT. See also "special notes". |
| D F S | SU Subunit | F SU=e | Searching for all dental journals. List of SU see appendix. |
| D SU=? | Special journal lists. | ||
| D F S | TE Terminology | F TE=cocaine F TE=50-36-2 F TE=e.c. 4.2.1.3 |
TE comprises CR, EZ, and chemical substance names from MeSH Supplementary Chemical Records (as from June 1980). Not for status=alert and status=publisher. |
| D TE=cocaine; ALL | Requesting additional information. (see table). | ||
| (F) S | TI Title | F cocaine use/TI F gesundheitsdienst/TI |
Non-English original titles are also searchable via basic index (with the free text search). |
| D F S | VID Version ID | Version ID of another Version. | |
| D F S | VIDD Version ID Date | Version date of the additional version. | |
| D F S | VN Version | Only for identical publications that were released with different publishers. | |
Output of Search Results
By means of the commands SHOW (S) / MAIL / SDI.
Corresponding to the copyright rules use the parameter USE=DLOAD if necessary. You may ask for all data fields, single data fields, or sets of data fields. If the output fields are not specified explicitly, the standard field set (F=STD) is used in all output commands.
Output field sets:
| Command | Field Set | Associated Datafields |
|---|---|---|
| F=STD | Standard | ND, PMID, STA, SEC, AU, CA, TI, SO, EPD, SU, LA, CY, JID, ISSN, CO, CS, DT, NG, RN, PS, CT, CTG, CTADD, IT, GE, TE, CR, GH, GN, NOTE, AB, CNOTE |
| F=DES | descriptors | PS, CT, CTG, CTADD, GE, IT, TE, CR |
| F=ALL | all fields | ND, PMID, STA, VN, VID, VIDD, LR, CED, DCO, SEC, AU, CA, TI, SO, PM, EPD, SU, LA, CY, JID, ISSN, CO, CS, DT, NG, RN, PS, CT, CTG, CTADD, IT, GE, TE, CR, GH, GN, NOTE, AB, CNOTE |
| F=BIB | bibliographic fields | ND, PMID, STA, SEC, AU, CA , TI, SO, SU, LA, CY, JID, ISSN, CO, CS, DT, NG, RN, GN, NOTE, CNOTE |
| XMLALL | ND, PMID, STA, VN, VID, VIDD, LR, CED, DCO, SEC, AU, CA, TI, SO, PM, EPD, SU, LA, CY, JID, ISSN, CO, CS, DT, NG, RN, PS, CT, CTG, CTADD, IT, GE, TE, CR, GH, GN, NOTE, AB, CNOTE |
Sample Search(es)
Database selection in DIMDI ClassicSearch: SBAS ME60; SBAS ME66; SBAS ME83; SBAS ME90; SBAS ME95; SBAS ME00; SBAS ME05; SBAS ME10; SBAS MEDLINE
Subject: Needle biopsy in diagnosing human liver diseases.
In searching NLM-databases, using the hierarchical MeSH for indexing, always the controlled vocabulary should be used instead of freetext. It is always important to check, whether an appropriate descriptor has also indented more specific descriptors in the thesaurus. Three of the four concepts under this topic: liver diseases, needle biopsy, and human can be searched with MeSH-descriptors, whereby for CT=LIVER DISEASES also indented terms are available.
"Diagnosis" can be covered with three qualifiers attached to CT=LIVER DISEASES. Related qualifiers are listed together in groups. In S=3 the group of diagnosis, comprising five qualifiers is searched in one step with .../QF D di. In S=4 any of the Liver-disease-terms combined with any of the five qualifiers has been weighted.
Should newest or older documents, not yet indexed (status=alert, status=oldmedline or status=publisher), be acquired, then a free text search must be conducted (S=5).
Profile table:
| Parameter | Counter | Number of Hits | Query |
|---|---|---|---|
| C= | 1 | 16846563 | ME60 |
| S= | 2 | 2904 | CT=BIOPSY, NEEDLE AND CT D LIVER DISEASES/(DI;PA;US) AND PPS=HUMAN |
| 3 | 2947 | CT=BIOPSY, NEEDLE AND CT D LIVER DISEASES/QF D DI AND PPS=HUMAN | |
| 4 | 723 | CT=BIOPSY, NEEDLE AND CT D LIVER DISEASES/QF=DI/W=1 AND PPS=HUMAN | |
| 5 | 6 | NEEDLE BIOPS### AND (LIVER DISEAS## OR HEPATIT## OR LIVER (CARCINOM## OR NEOPLASM# OR CANCER#)) AND STA=(ALERT OR OLDMEDLINE) AND PPS=HUMAN | |
| 6 | 729 | 4 OR 5 |
Sample Record(s)
2/1 of 1 DIMDI: MEDLINE (ME66) © NLM
| ND: | ME14735261 |
| PMID: | 14735261 |
| STA: | MEDLINE |
| LR: | 20061115 |
| CED: | 20040525 |
| DCO: | 20041223 |
| AU: | Guillemant J; Accarie C; Peres G; Guillemant S |
| TI: | Acute effects of an oral calcium load on markers of bone metabolism during endurance cycling exercise in male athletes. |
| SO: | Calcified tissue international; VOL: 74 (5); p. 407-14 /200405/ |
| PM: | Print-Electronic |
| EPD: | 20040123 |
| SU: | IM |
| LA: | English |
| CY: | United States |
| JID: | 7905481 |
| ISSN: | 0171-967X |
| CO: | CTINDZ |
| CS: | Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Biochimie, Paris, France. guillema@ccr.jussieu.fr |
| DT: | Journal Article |
| CT: | ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE/blood; BICYCLING/*physiology; BONE DENSITY/*drug effects; BONE DENSITY/physiology; BONE AND BONES/drug effects; BONE AND BONES/metabolism; CALCIUM/*administration & dosage; CALCIUM/metabolism; COLLAGEN/blood; COLLAGEN TYPE I; EXERCISE/physiology; HUMANS; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE/blood; PEPTIDES/blood; PHOSPHATES/blood; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE/*drug effects; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE/physiology |
| CTG: | APPLIKATION, ORALE; ERWACHSENER; ALKALISCHE PHOSPHATASE/Blut; RADFAHREN/*Physiologie; KNOCHENDICHTE/*Arzneimittelwirkungen; KNOCHENDICHTE/Physiologie; KNOCHEN/Arzneimittelwirkungen; KNOCHEN/Stoffwechsel; CALCIUM/*Verabreichung & Dosierung; CALCIUM/Stoffwechsel; KOLLAGEN/Blut; KOLLAGEN TYP I; TRAINING, KÖRPERLICHES/Physiologie; MENSCH; MÄNNLICH; NEBENSCHILDDRÜSENHORMONE/Blut; PEPTIDE/Blut; PHOSPHATE/Blut; KÖRPERLICHE AUSDAUER/*Arzneimittelwirkungen; KÖRPERLICHE AUSDAUER/Physiologie |
| TE: | Collagen Type I; Parathyroid Hormone; Peptides; Phosphates; collagen type I trimeric cross-linked peptide; Calcium/7440-70-2; Collagen/9007-34-5; Alkaline Phosphatase/E.C. 3.1.3.1 |
| CR: | 7440-70-2; 9007-34-5; E.C. 3.1.3.1 |
| AB: | Although sport and physical activity are generally considered as positive factors for bone metabolism some endurance trainings such as running and bicycling have few or no beneficial or even deleterious effects on bone mineral density. The present study was designed to investigate the acute effect of an intensive endurance cycling exercise on biochemical bone markers. Furthermore, the effect of the oral intake of 1 g calcium load, by drinking high-calcium mineral water, just prior to and during the exercise was checked. Twelve well-trained elite male triathletes aged 23-37 years were explored. The serum concentrations of calcium, phosphate, PTH, bone alkaline phosphatase (BALP) and C-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type 1 collagen (CTX) were measured before, during and after a 60 min 80% VO2max cycle ergometer exercise. Since cycling exercise was accompanied by a reduction in plasma volume the total amount of biochemical bone markers was calculated. When the exercise was performed without calcium load both serum concentrations and total amount of CTX began to increase progressively 30 min after the start of the exercise and were still significantly elevated, by 45-50%, 2h after the end of the exercise. Ingestion of high-calcium mineral water completely suppressed the CTX response. By contrast serum concentrations and total amount of BALP fluctuated and showed no significant difference with or without calcium load. The present study demonstrates that the burst of osteoclastic activity acutely induced by an endurance cycling exercise can be suppressed by the previous intake of a calcium load afforded by drinking high-calcium mineral water. |
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Output format: SHOW F=ALL
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Appendix
Appendix
1.List of the PreProcessed Searches
For the following subjects preprocessed searches are available:
ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS
AIDS
ANIMAL
BIOETHICS
CANCER
HEAVY METALS
HISTMED
HUMAN
MUTAGENICITY
SYSREV
TERATOGENICITY
TOXICOLOGY
2. Alphabetical List of Qualifiers
| Qualifier | Year of Introduction |
|---|---|
| AB: abnormalities | 66 |
| AD: administration & dosage | 66 |
| AE: adverse effects | 66 |
| AG: agonists | 95 |
| AA: analogs & derivatives | 75 |
| AN: analysis | 67 |
| AH: anatomy & histology | 66 |
| AI: antagonists & inhibit. | 68 |
| BI: biosynthesis | 66 |
| BL: blood | 67 |
| BS: blood supply | 66 |
| CF: cerebrospinal fluid | 67 |
| CS: chemical synthesis | 68 |
| CI: chemically induced | 67 |
| CH: chemistry | 91 |
| CL: classification | 66 |
| CO: complications | 66 |
| CN: congenital | 66 |
| CT: contraindications | 91 |
| CY: cytology | 67 |
| DF: deficiency | 75 |
| DI: diagnosis | 66 |
| DU: diagnostic use | 67 |
| DH: diet therapy | 75 |
| DE: drug effects | 66 |
| DT: drug therapy | 66 |
| EC: economics | 78 |
| ED: education | 67 |
| EM: embryology | 66 |
| EN: enzymology | 66 |
| EP: epidemiology | 66 |
| ES: ethics | 03 |
| EH: ethnology | 75 |
| ET: etiology | 66 |
| GE: genetics | 78 |
| GD: growth & development | 66 |
| HI: history | 66 |
| IM: immunology | 66 |
| IN: injuries | 66 |
| IR: innervation | 66 |
| IS: instrumentation | 66 |
| IP: isolation & purific. | 66 |
| LJ: legisl.& jurispr. | 78 |
| MA: manpower | 68 |
| ME: metabolism | 66 |
| MT: methods | 75 |
| MI: microbiology | 67 |
| MO: mortality | 67 |
| NU: nursing | 66 |
| OG: organizat.& administ. | 78 |
| PS: parasitology | 75 |
| PY: pathogenicity | 66 |
| PA: pathology | 66 |
| PK: pharmacokinetics | 88 |
| PD: pharmacology | 67 |
| PH: physiology | 66 |
| PP: physiopathology | 66 |
| PO: poisoning | 66 |
| PC: prevention & control | 66 |
| PX: psychology | 78 |
| RE: radiation effects | 66 |
| RA: radiography | 67 |
| RI: radionuclide imaging | 78 |
| RT: radiotherapy | 66 |
| RH: rehabilitation | 67 |
| SC: secondary | 80 |
| SE: secretion | 68 |
| ST: standards | 68 |
| SN: statistics & numer.data | 89 |
| SD: supply & distribution | 68 |
| SU: surgery | 66 |
| TU: therapeutic use | 66 |
| TH: therapy | 66 |
| TO: toxicity | 66 |
| TM: transmission | 75 |
| TR: transplantation | 66 |
| TD: trends | 78 |
| US: ultrasonography | 91 |
| UL: ultrastructure | 75 |
| UR: urine | 67 |
| UT: utilization | 68 |
| VE: veterinary | 66 |
| VI: virology | 95 |
3. Groups of Qualifiers
"Subheading Trees"
| AN: analysis | ||
| BL: blood | ||
| CF: cerebrospinal fluid | ||
| IP: isolation & purification | ||
| UR: urine | ||
| AH: anatomy & histology | ||
| BS: blood supply | ||
| CY: cytology | ||
| PA: pathology | ||
| UL: ultrastructure | ||
| EM: embryology | ||
| AB: abnormalities | ||
| IR: innervation | ||
| CH: chemistry | ||
| AG: agonists | ||
| AA: analogs & derivates | ||
| AI: antagonists & inhibitors | ||
| CS: chemical synthesis | ||
| DI: diagnosis | ||
| PA: pathology | ||
| RA: radiography | ||
| RI: radionuclide imaging | ||
| US: ultrasonography | ||
| ET: etiology | ||
| CI: chemically induced | ||
| CO: complications | ||
| SC: secondary | ||
| CN: congenital | ||
| EM: embryology | ||
| GE: genetics | ||
| IM: immunology | ||
| MI: microbiology | ||
| VI: virology | ||
| PS: parasitology | ||
| TM: transmission | ||
| OG: organization & administration | ||
| EC: economics | ||
| LJ: legislation & jurisprudence | ||
| MA: manpower | ||
| ST: standards | ||
| SD: supply & distribution | ||
| TD: trends | ||
| UT: utilization | ||
| PD: pharmacology |
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| AD: admin. & dosage | ||
| AE: adverse effects | ||
| PO: poisoning | ||
| TO: toxicity | ||
| AG: agonists | ||
| CT: contraindications | ||
| DU: diagnostic use | ||
| PK: pharmacokinetics | ||
| PH: physiology | ||
| GE: genetics | ||
| GD: growth & development | ||
| IM: immunology | ||
| ME: metabolism | ||
| BI: biosynthesis | ||
| BL: blood | ||
| CF: cerebrospinal fluid | ||
| DF: deficiency | ||
| EN: enzymology | ||
| PK: pharmacokinetics | ||
| UR: urine | ||
| PP: physiopathology | ||
| SE: secretion | ||
| SN: Statistik & numer. data | ||
| EP: epidemiology | ||
| EH: ethnology | ||
| MO: mortality | ||
| TU: therapeutic use | ||
| AD: administration & dosage | ||
| AE: adverse effects | ||
| CT: contraindications | ||
| PO: poisoning | ||
| TH: therapy | ||
| DH: diet therapy | ||
| DT: drug therapy | ||
| NU: nursing | ||
| PC: prevention & control | ||
| RT: radiotherapy | ||
| RH: rehabilitation | ||
| SU: surgery | ||
| TR: transplantation | ||
4. Alphabetical List of Subunits (SU)
| Abbreviation or Name | Additional information |
|---|---|
| Abridged Index Medicus Journals | About 120 clinical English Journals |
| AIDS/HIV Journals (Non-IM); Cancer Journals |
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| AIM | Abridged Index Medicus |
| B | Biotechnology; Non-IM (indexed only from 1990 1998) |
| Bioethicsline | |
| Biotechnology Journals (Non-IM): Retrospective only |
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| C | Communication Disorders; Non-IM |
| Communication Journals (Non-IM) | |
| Consumer Health Journals (Non-IM) | |
| Core Clinical Journals | |
| D | Dentistry Journals; Non-IM |
| Dentistry Journals (Non-IM) | |
| E | Citations from bioethics journals or selected bioethics citations from other journals (includes records from former Bioethicsline database) |
| F | Articles used to augment the database for foreign centers; Non-IM) |
| Foreign Journals; Retrospective only for 1 Journal only | |
| H | Health Care Administration (HealthSTAR) |
| Health Administration Journals (Non-IM) | |
| Health Technology Assessment Journals (Non-IM) | |
| Histline | |
| Histline O | |
| IM | Index Medicus journals |
| Index Medicus | |
| J | Citations from former POPLINE databse |
| K | Consumer Health Journals; Non-IM |
| N | Nursing Journals |
| Nursing Journals (Non-IM) | |
| Q | History of medicine journals and selected citations from other journals |
| R | Reproduction (indexed only from1972 1979) |
| S | Citations from space life sciences journals and selected space life sciences citations from other journals |
| Spaceline | |
| T | Health Technology Assessment Journals; Non-IM (former HealthSTAR Database) |
| X | AIDS/HIV Journals (selected citations from other journals 1980 - 2000) (former AIDSLINE database) |
5. List of Secondary Sources (SEC)
| Short name | Long name |
|---|---|
| ARPL | The Annual Review of Population Law |
| CPC | Caroline Population Center |
| CPFH | Center for Population and Family Health Library/Information Program |
| GDB | Johns Hopkins University Genome Data Bank |
| GENBANK | GenBank Nucleic Acid Sequence Database |
| IND | Population Index |
| KIE | Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins School of Health |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NRCBL | National Reference Center of Bioethics Literature |
| OMIM | Mendelian Inheritance in Man (McKusick) |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| PIP | Population Information Program |
| PIR | Protein Identification Resource |
| POP | Ehemals NLM POPLINE |
| SWISSPROT | Protein Sequence Database |
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