Medical Subject Headings

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dictionary
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:MeSH
gptkbp:category gptkb:disease
anatomy
health care
humanities
information science
organisms
chemicals and drugs
disciplines and occupations
geographicals
named groups
phenomena and processes
publication characteristics
technology, industry, agriculture
analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and equipment
anthropology, education, sociology and social phenomena
gptkbp:contains descriptors
qualifiers
supplementary concept records
gptkbp:hasComponent main headings
subheadings
supplementary concepts
gptkbp:hasHierarchy tree structure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Medical Subject Headings
gptkbp:introducedIn 1960
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:license public domain
gptkbp:maintainedBy gptkb:United_States_National_Library_of_Medicine
gptkbp:purpose facilitate information retrieval
standardize terminology
gptkbp:recognizedBy MeSH Unique ID
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Unified_Medical_Language_System
gptkb:ICD
gptkb:SNOMED_CT
gptkbp:scope biomedicine
health
life sciences
gptkbp:supportsFormat gptkb:RDF
XML
ASCII
gptkbp:translatedInto multiple languages
gptkbp:updated annually
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:MEDLINE
gptkb:PubMed
gptkb:NLM_Catalog
gptkbp:usedFor cataloging books
indexing articles
organizing biomedical information
gptkbp:website https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:MeSH
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6