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Download of any of the full data files requires the completion of an online Memorandum of Understanding.


  • 2011 MeSH
  • 2004 MeSH
    • 2004 MeSH files for TREC (Text REtrieval Conference) Genomics track. For use by the TREC community with the 2004 MEDLINE/PubMed Baseline.

  • MeSH ELHILL Format Document (PDF format): This is a description of the MeSH data elements in the ELHILL Unit Record Format (EURF), NLM's former format for distributing MeSH on tape. Most elements are common to both the ASCII and EURF MeSH formats and so the description of MeSH data in the EUR format may be of interest to those downloading the ASCII MeSH files from the Web.
For questions concerning distribution, format, etc., contact:
Jacque-Lynne Schulman
Medical Subject Headings
Telephone: 301-496-1495; FAX: 301-402-2002
email: schulman@nlm.nih.gov