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 326 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 logo image is recorded as Medical Subject Headings logo.png[7].
- Medical Subject Headings's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 305937419[8].
- Medical Subject Headings's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2013188677[9].
- Medical Subject Headings's Commons category is recorded as Medical Subject Headings[10].
- Medical Subject Headings's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
- Medical Subject Headings's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D046650[12].
- Medical Subject Headings's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
- +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Medical Subject Headings[14].
- Medical Subject Headings's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03f7mv9[15].
- Medical Subject Headings's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.462.750.245.945.700.500[16].
- Medical Subject Headings's official website is recorded as https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html[17].
- Medical Subject Headings's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Medical Subject Headings[18].
- Medical Subject Headings's main subject is recorded as medicine[19].
- Medical Subject Headings's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 004439754[20].
- Medical Subject Headings's legal citation of this text is recorded as pmid = 13982385[21].
- Medical Subject Headings's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 610[22].
- Medical Subject Headings's described by source is recorded as Q109302681[23].
- Medical Subject Headings's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Medical Subject Headings'}[24].
- Medical Subject Headings's main Wikidata property is recorded as P486[25].
- Medical Subject Headings's main Wikidata property is recorded as P672[26].
- Medical Subject Headings's main Wikidata property is recorded as P6680[27].
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Designation and Status
Recorded instance of include thesaurus[4], medical database[5], and controlled vocabulary[6].
History and Context
+1960-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Medical Subject Headings[14].
Why It Matters
Medical Subject Headings draws 326 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]