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History of Medicine - New PubMed Subset

History - New PubMed® Subset. NLM Tech Bull. 2001 Nov-Dec;(323):e5.

November 21, 2001 [posted]


Drop cap graphic of the letter A new subject subset, "History of Medicine," is available on the Subset pull-down menu on the PubMed Limits screen.

The History of Medicine subset contains citations to articles on the history of health-related professions, sciences, specialties, individuals, institutions, drugs, and diseases in all parts of the world and all historic periods.

This subset can also be used in a search as history [sb].

Example: tuberculosis AND history [sb]

The History of Medicine subset is a joint project between NLM's History of Medicine and Bibliographic Services Divisions and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Please see the article, History of Medicine-related Journal Citations Added to PubMed. NLM Tech Bull. 2001 Sep-Oct;(322):e4, for more information on the conversion of history citations.

The History of Medicine subject subset strategy is available from the NLM Web site at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_subsets.html.



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History - New PubMed® Subset. NLM Tech Bull. 2001 Nov-Dec;(323):e5.