MeSH 50th Anniversary Celebration

MeSH are index terms used in Medline/PubMed to search the biomedical journal literature. Medical student Sarah LeBlanc was winner of a Kobo eReader! But she had to work for her prize. She answered these four skill-testing questions correctly:

MeSH is:
A controlled vocabulary for research in medicine and allied health.

MeSH. The "e" stands for:
The "e" has no meaning. It is part of the word "medical" in Medical Subject Headings.

MeSH, the controlled vocabulary used in Medline/PubMed, continues to be developed by:
The National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

In 1960 MeSH contained 4,300 descriptors. In 2010, the number of MeSH available in Medline/PubMed is:
25,000

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