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PubMed: Searching with MeSH

The premier journal article citation database for the biomedical sciences

MeSH in Depth

MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) is the NLM-controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing articles for PubMed. If you want to search like a pro, you have to understand MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Read this web-based tutorial to help you get started:

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