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MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS
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Instead of using text word/key word searching, you should first begin by searching the Medical Subject Headings or MeSH.

MeSH are vocabulary terms that are assigned to represent the subject content of each article. The MeSH that are assigned to each article are put into the citation's "Subject field".