MeSH Classification - Blog Post 2

Written & posted 1/4/08
The top level categories of the MeSH's classification system:

MeSH is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary
used for indexing articles of the MEDLINE/PubMed system.

The MeSH home page is at URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=mesh

The following list is from wikipedia.org as cited at the end of this post.
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Anatomy [A]
MeSH A01 --- body regions
MeSH A02 --- musculoskeletal system
MeSH A03 --- digestive system
MeSH A04 --- respiratory system
MeSH A05 --- urogenital system
MeSH A06 --- endocrine system
MeSH A07 --- cardiovascular system
MeSH A08 --- nervous system
MeSH A09 --- sense organs
MeSH A10 --- biological tissues
MeSH A11 --- cells
MeSH A12 --- fluids and secretions
MeSH A13 --- animal structures
MeSH A14 --- stomatognathic system
MeSH A15 --- hemic and immune systems
MeSH A16 --- embryonic structures
MeSH A17 --- integumentary system

Organisms [B]
MeSH B01 --- animals
MeSH B02 --- algae
MeSH B03 --- bacteria
MeSH B04 --- viruses
MeSH B05 --- fungi
MeSH B06 --- plants
MeSH B07 --- archaea
MeSH B08 --- mesomycetozoea

Diseases [C]
MeSH C01 --- bacterial infections and mycoses
MeSH C02 --- virus diseases
MeSH C03 --- parasitic diseases
MeSH C04 --- neoplasms
MeSH C05 --- musculoskeletal diseases
MeSH C06 --- digestive system diseases
MeSH C07 --- stomatognathic diseases
MeSH C08 --- respiratory tract diseases
MeSH C09 --- otorhinolaryngologic diseases
MeSH C10 --- nervous system diseases
MeSH C11 --- eye diseases
MeSH C12 --- urologic and male genital diseases
MeSH C13 --- female genital diseases and pregnancy complications
MeSH C14 --- cardiovascular diseases
MeSH C15 --- hemic and lymphatic diseases
MeSH C16 --- congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities
MeSH C17 --- skin and connective tissue diseases
MeSH C18 --- nutritional and metabolic diseases
MeSH C19 --- endocrine system diseases
MeSH C20 --- immune system diseases
MeSH C21 --- disorders of environmental origin
MeSH C22 --- animal diseases
MeSH C23 --- pathological conditions, signs and symptoms

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
MeSH D01 --- inorganic chemicals
MeSH D02 --- organic chemicals
MeSH D03 --- heterocyclic compounds
MeSH D04 --- polycyclic compounds
MeSH D05 --- macromolecular substances
MeSH D06 --- hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists
MeSH D08 --- enzymes and coenzymes
MeSH D09 --- carbohydrates
MeSH D10 --- lipids
MeSH D12 --- amino acids, peptides, and proteins
MeSH D13 --- nucleic acids, nucleotides, and nucleosides
MeSH D20 --- complex mixtures
MeSH D23 --- biological factors
MeSH D25 --- biomedical and dental materials
MeSH D26 --- pharmaceutical preparations
MeSH D27 --- chemical actions and uses

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
MeSH E01 --- diagnosis
MeSH E02 --- therapeutics
MeSH E03 --- anesthesia and analgesia
MeSH E04 --- surgical procedures, operative
MeSH E05 --- investigative techniques
MeSH E06 --- dentistry
MeSH E07 --- equipment and supplies

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
MeSH F01 --- behavior and behavior mechanisms
MeSH F02 --- psychological phenomena and processes
MeSH F03 --- mental disorders
MeSH F04 --- behavioral disciplines and activities

Biological Sciences [G]
MeSH G01 --- biological sciences
MeSH G02 --- health occupations
MeSH G03 --- environment and public health
MeSH G04 --- biological phenomena, cell phenomena, and immunity
MeSH G05 --- genetic processes
MeSH G06 --- biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition
MeSH G07 --- physiological processes
MeSH G08 --- reproductive and urinary physiology
MeSH G09 --- circulatory and respiratory physiology
MeSH G10 --- digestive, oral, and skin physiology
MeSH G11 --- musculoskeletal, neural, and ocular physiology
MeSH G12 --- chemical and pharmacologic phenomena
MeSH G13 --- genetic phenomena
MeSH G14 --- genetic structures

Physical Sciences [H]
MeSH H01 --- natural sciences

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
MeSH I01 --- social sciences
MeSH I02 --- education
MeSH I03 --- human activities

Technology and Food and Beverages [J]
MeSH J01 --- technology, industry, and agriculture
MeSH J02 --- food and beverages

Humanities [K]
MeSH K01 --- humanities

Information Science [L]
MeSH L01 --- information science

Persons [M]
MeSH M01 --- persons

Health Care [N]
MeSH N01 --- population characteristics
MeSH N02 --- health care facilities, manpower, and services
MeSH N03 --- health care economics and organizations
MeSH N04 --- health services administration
MeSH N05 --- health care quality, access, and evaluation

Publication Characteristics [V]
MeSH V01 --- publication components (publication type)
MeSH V02 --- publication formats (publication type)
MeSH V03 --- study characteristics (publication type)
MeSH V04 --- support of research

Geographic Locations [Z]
MeSH Z01 --- geographic locations
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This list is from 1/4/2008 at the following URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_Subject_Headings

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