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Descriptor English: Medical Subject Headings
Descriptor Spanish: Medical Subject Headings
Descriptor descriptores de términos médicos
Entry term(s) DeCS
Descriptores en Medicina
MeSH
descriptores de ciencia de la salud
descriptores de ciencias de la salud
descriptores de la ciencia de la salud
descriptores de las ciencias de la salud
descriptores en ciencia de la salud
descriptores en ciencias de la salud
Scope note: Tesauro de vocabulario controlado, desarrollado por la NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE. Consta de series de términos, denominados descriptores, con una estructura jerárquica que permite la búsqueda con diversos niveles de especificidad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Medical Subject Headings
Descriptor French: Medical Subject Headings
Entry term(s): DeCS
Health Sciences Descriptors
MeSH Headings
Medical Subject Heading
Subject Heading, Medical
Subject Headings, Medical
Tree number(s): L01.462.750.245.945.700.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D046650
Scope note: Controlled vocabulary thesaurus produced by the NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE. It consists of sets of terms naming descriptors in a hierarchical structure that permits searching at various levels of specificity.
Annotation: CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Subject Headings (1969-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005
History Note: 2005
Related: MEDLINE MeSH
DeCS ID: 38905
Unique ID: D046650
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Medical Subject Headings - Preferred
Concept UI M0455054
Scope note Controlled vocabulary thesaurus produced by the NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE. It consists of sets of terms naming descriptors in a hierarchical structure that permits searching at various levels of specificity.
Preferred term Medical Subject Headings
Entry term(s) MeSH Headings
Medical Subject Heading
Subject Heading, Medical
Subject Headings, Medical
Health Sciences Descriptors - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI F0001037
Preferred term Health Sciences Descriptors
Entry term(s) DeCS



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