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March 10, 2009 [posted]
Subject Terms for Indexed Journals Updated
Subject Terms are broad Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) that describe the overall coverage of an indexed journal. These terms, which are searchable in the Journals database, have recently been updated as follows:
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Changes: General Surgery [was Surgery, prior to 2009 MeSH] Primary Health Care [was Family Practice] Pulmonary Medicine [was Pulmonary Disease (Specialty), prior to 2009 MeSH] Statistics as Topic [was Statistics, prior to 2008 MeSH] Technology [was Technology, Medical] Additions: Disaster Medicine Nanotechnology
Other edits to adjust various "includes," "see," and "see also" notes were also made.
Subject Terms for Indexed Journals Updated. NLM Tech Bull. 2009 Mar-Apr;(367):e1.
