{"id":2310,"date":"2018-06-19T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medlib\/?page_id=2310"},"modified":"2018-07-10T13:21:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T17:21:04","slug":"medline-subheadings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medlib\/portals\/camed\/medline-subheadings\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDLINE Subheadings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Subheadings allow searchers to precisely target a particular aspect of a larger MeSH concept: for example, narrowing to articles about the diagnosis of a condition rather than those about its complications or therapies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul>\n<li>aa \u2013 Analogs &amp; Derivatives<\/li>\n<li>ab \u2013 Abnormalities<\/li>\n<li>ad \u2013 Administration &amp; Dosage<\/li>\n<li>ae \u2013 Adverse Effects<\/li>\n<li>ag \u2013 Agonists<\/li>\n<li>ah \u2013 Anatomy &amp; Histology<\/li>\n<li>ai \u2013 Antagonists &amp; Inhibitors<\/li>\n<li>an \u2013 Analysis<\/li>\n<li>bi \u2013 Biosynthesis<\/li>\n<li>bl \u2013 Blood<\/li>\n<li>bs \u2013 Blood Supply<\/li>\n<li>cf \u2013 Cerebrospinal Fluid<\/li>\n<li>ch \u2013 Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>ci \u2013 Chemically Induced<\/li>\n<li>cl \u2013 Classification<\/li>\n<li>cn \u2013 Congenital<\/li>\n<li>co \u2013 Complications<\/li>\n<li>cs \u2013 Chemical Synthesis<\/li>\n<li>ct \u2013 Contraindications<\/li>\n<li>cy \u2013 Cytology<\/li>\n<li>de \u2013 Drug Effects<\/li>\n<li>df \u2013 Deficiency<\/li>\n<li>dh \u2013 Diet Therapy<\/li>\n<li>di \u2013 Diagnosis<\/li>\n<li>dt \u2013 Drug Therapy<\/li>\n<li>du \u2013 Diagnostic Use<\/li>\n<li>ec \u2013 Economics<\/li>\n<li>ed \u2013 Education<\/li>\n<li>eh \u2013 Ethnology<\/li>\n<li>em \u2013 Embryology<\/li>\n<li>en \u2013 Enzymology<\/li>\n<li>ep \u2013 Epidemiology<\/li>\n<li>es \u2013 Ethics<\/li>\n<li>et \u2013 Etiology<\/li>\n<li>gd \u2013 Growth &amp; Development<\/li>\n<li>ge \u2013 Genetics<\/li>\n<li>hi \u2013 History<\/li>\n<li>im \u2013 Immunology<\/li>\n<li>in \u2013 Injuries<\/li>\n<li>ip \u2013 Isolation &amp; Purification<\/li>\n<li>ir \u2013 Innervation<\/li>\n<li>is \u2013 Instrumentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul>\n<li>lj \u2013 Legislation &amp; Jurisprudence<\/li>\n<li>ma \u2013 Manpower<\/li>\n<li>me \u2013 Metabolism<\/li>\n<li>mi \u2013 Microbiology<\/li>\n<li>mo \u2013 Mortality<\/li>\n<li>mt \u2013 Methods<\/li>\n<li>nu \u2013 Nursing<\/li>\n<li>og \u2013 Organization &amp; Administration<\/li>\n<li>pa \u2013 Pathology<\/li>\n<li>pc \u2013 Prevention &amp; Control<\/li>\n<li>pd \u2013 Pharmacology<\/li>\n<li>ph \u2013 Physiology<\/li>\n<li>pk \u2013 Pharmacokinetics<\/li>\n<li>po \u2013 Poisoning<\/li>\n<li>pp \u2013 Physiopathology<\/li>\n<li>ps \u2013 Parasitology<\/li>\n<li>px \u2013 Psychology<\/li>\n<li>py \u2013 Pathogenicity<\/li>\n<li>ra \u2013 Radiography<\/li>\n<li>re \u2013 Radiation Effects<\/li>\n<li>rh \u2013 Rehabilitation<\/li>\n<li>ri \u2013 Radionuclide Imaging<\/li>\n<li>rt \u2013 Radiotherapy<\/li>\n<li>sc \u2013 Secondary<\/li>\n<li>sd \u2013 Supply &amp; Distribution<\/li>\n<li>se \u2013 Secretion<\/li>\n<li>sn \u2013 Statistics &amp; Numerical Data<\/li>\n<li>st \u2013 Standards<\/li>\n<li>su \u2013 Surgery<\/li>\n<li>td \u2013 Trends<\/li>\n<li>th \u2013 Therapy<\/li>\n<li>tm \u2013 Transmission<\/li>\n<li>to \u2013 Toxicity<\/li>\n<li>tr \u2013 Transplantation<\/li>\n<li>tu \u2013 Therapeutic Use<\/li>\n<li>ul \u2013 Ultrastructure<\/li>\n<li>ur \u2013 Urine<\/li>\n<li>us \u2013 Ultrasonography<\/li>\n<li>ut \u2013 Utilization<\/li>\n<li>ve \u2013 Veterinary<\/li>\n<li>vi \u2013 Virology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some subheadings include multiple other headings, allowing for searches on different aspects of a single concept: for example, &#8220;adverse effects&#8221; includes the narrower terms &#8220;poisoning&#8221; and &#8220;toxicity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Families of Subheading Explosions<\/h4>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul>\n<li>adverse effects\n<ul>\n<li>poisoning<\/li>\n<li>toxicity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>analysis\n<ul>\n<li>blood<\/li>\n<li>cerebrospinal fluid<\/li>\n<li>isolation &amp; 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