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PubMed® Subject Subset Strategies Updated for 2009

Nahin AM. PubMed® Subject Subset Strategies Updated for 2009. NLM Tech Bull. 2009 Jan-Feb;(366):e12.

February 18, 2009 [posted]

PubMed subject subset strategies are reviewed at least once a year to see if modifications are necessary. Modifications may include revisions due to changes in MeSH® vocabulary, adding or deleting terms, and changing parts of a strategy to try to optimize retrieval. The following subset strategies were recently revised: Bioethics, Cancer, Complementary Medicine, Space Life Sciences, and Toxicology.