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Subject Terms for Indexed Journals Updated

Subject Terms for Indexed Journals Updated. NLM Tech Bull. 2011 Jan-Feb;(378):e5.

January 21, 2011 [posted]

Subject Terms are broad MeSH headings that describe the overall coverage of an indexed journal. These terms, which are also searchable in the NLM Catalog database, have recently been updated as follows:

Addition:
Laboratory Animal Science    [previously included as part of Veterinary Medicine]

Deletion:
Mental Disorders    [now included as part of Psychiatry]

Other edits to adjust various "includes," "see," and "see also" notes were also made.