Medical Subject Headings
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Medical Subject Headings is a thesaurus[1] that plays a role in organizing medical information. Established in 1960[2], it has been in use for several decades.
As a thesaurus[1], Medical Subject Headings provides a controlled vocabulary for indexing and retrieving medical literature.
Medical Subject Headings was established in 1960[2], marking the beginning of its application in the field of medicine.
It continues to serve as a thesaurus[1] established in 1960[2].
Medical Subject Headings
Summary
Medical Subject Headings is a thesaurus[1]. It draws 987 Wikipedia views per month (thesaurus category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]
Key Facts
- Medical Subject Headings authored United States National Library of Medicine[3].
- Medical Subject Headings's instance of is recorded as thesaurus[4].
- Medical Subject Headings's instance of is recorded as medical database[5].
- Medical Subject Headings's instance of is recorded as controlled vocabulary[6].
- Medical Subject Headings's Commons category is recorded as Medical Subject Headings[7].
- Medical Subject Headings's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
- Medical Subject Headings's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
- 1960 marks the founding of Medical Subject Headings[10].
- Medical Subject Headings's official website is recorded as https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html[11].
- Medical Subject Headings's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Medical Subject Headings[12].
- Medical Subject Headings's main subject is medicine[13].
- Medical Subject Headings's legal citation of this text is recorded as pmid = 13982385[14].
- Medical Subject Headings's described by source is recorded as Q109302681[15].
- Medical Subject Headings's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Medical Subject Headings'}[16].
- Medical Subject Headings's main Wikidata property is recorded as P486[17].
- Medical Subject Headings's main Wikidata property is recorded as P672[18].
- Medical Subject Headings's main Wikidata property is recorded as P6680[19].
- Medical Subject Headings's main Wikidata property is recorded as P6694[20].
- Medical Subject Headings's main Wikidata property is recorded as P9340[21].
- Medical Subject Headings's main Wikidata property is recorded as P9341[22].
- Medical Subject Headings's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'MeSH'}[23].
- Medical Subject Headings's URL is recorded as https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/query[24].
- Medical Subject Headings's exact match is recorded as http://purl.org/dc/terms/MESH[25].
- Medical Subject Headings's exact match is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/resource/Medical_Subject_Headings[26].
- Medical Subject Headings's exact match is recorded as http://yago-knowledge.org/resource/Medical_Subject_Headings[27].
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Designation and Status
Recorded instance of include thesaurus[4], medical database[5], and controlled vocabulary[6].
History and Context
1960 marks the founding of Medical Subject Headings[10].
Why It Matters
Medical Subject Headings draws 987 Wikipedia views per month (thesaurus category, ranking #1 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]