Element: MeshHeading

Specifies a Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) assigned to the citation by NLM Indexing. Each MeSH heading entry includes one descriptor (<DescriptorName>) and zero, one, or more qualifiers (<QualifierName>).

Content Model

( DescriptorName, QualifierName* )

Contains:

May be contained in:

Examples

<MeshHeading>
   <DescriptorName UI="D007898" MajorTopicYN="N">Leishmaniasis, Visceral</DescriptorName>
   <QualifierName UI="Q000175" MajorTopicYN="N">diagnosis</QualifierName>
   <QualifierName UI="Q000469" MajorTopicYN="N">parasitology</QualifierName>
   <QualifierName UI="Q000635" MajorTopicYN="N">transmission</QualifierName>
   <QualifierName UI="Q000662" MajorTopicYN="Y">veterinary</QualifierName>
</MeshHeading>