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PAPB 501: Understanding and Implementing Clinical Research Library Guide

This is the course guide that accompanies the Your Path to Discovering resources literature searching lecture of PAPB 501: Understanding and Implementing Clinical Research.

MeSH of Medical Subject Headings

MeSH or Medial Subject Headings are one way that PubMed attaches a single word to a concept. Every year staff at the National Library of Medicine go through the literature and note new concepts. Searching with MeSH terms is a great way to find articles with the topic you need. 

Some examples of these terms include:

Common Word MeSH
Cancer Neoplasm
Joint Pain Arthralgia
Chewing Mastication
Allergy Hypersensitivity