Preferred Label : national library of medicine (U.S.);
MeSH definition : An agency of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH concerned with overall planning, promoting,
and administering programs pertaining to advancement of medical and related sciences.
Major activities of this institute include the collection, dissemination, and exchange
of information important to the progress of medicine and health, research in medical
informatics and support for medical library development.;
MeSH synonym : national medical library; united states national library of medicine; national library of medicine;
MeSH annotation : add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT,
N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL or RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., INTRAMURAL; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National library of medicine;
Origin ID : D009317;
UMLS CUI : C0027470;
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An agency of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH concerned with overall planning, promoting,
and administering programs pertaining to advancement of medical and related sciences.
Major activities of this institute include the collection, dissemination, and exchange
of information important to the progress of medicine and health, research in medical
informatics and support for medical library development.