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PubMed Subject Filter Strategies Updated for 2015

PubMed Subject Filter Strategies Updated for 2015. NLM Tech Bull. 2015 Jan-Feb;(402):b9.

February 18, 2015 [posted]

PubMed subject filter strategies are reviewed each year to determine if modifications are necessary. Modifications may include revisions due to changes in Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) vocabulary or MEDLINE journals, adding or deleting terms, and changing parts of a strategy to optimize retrieval. The following subset strategies were recently revised:

  • Cancer
  • Complementary Medicine
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Systematic Reviews
  • Toxicology
  • Veterinary Science