UMLS knowledge sources :
Metathesaurus, Semantic network, [and] SPECIALIST lexicon /
National Library of Medicine.

Description

Corporate Author

National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

Language(s)

English

Published

[Bethesda, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine,

Subjects

Unified Medical Language System.
Subject Headings.
Medicine > Medicine / Terminology.
Information Storage and Retrieval.
Electronic Data Processing.
Communication in medicine > Communication in medicine / Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Medicine > Medicine / Information resources > Medicine / Information resources / Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Medicine > Medicine / Terminology > Medicine / Terminology / Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Information storage and retrieval systems > Information storage and retrieval systems / Medicine > Information storage and retrieval systems / Medicine / Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Summary

Documentation for the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Knowledge Sources, including the Metathesaurus, the Semantic Network, the SPECIALIST Lexicon, and the Information Sources Map, experimental products of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. The purpose of the UMLS is to aid the development of systems that help health professionals and researchers retrieve and integrate electronic biomedical infoeasy for users to link disparate information systems, including computer-based databases, and expert systems.

Note

Latest issue consulted: 14th ed. (Jan. 2003).
Description based on 11th ed. (2000); title from cover.

Physical Description

v. ; 28 cm.

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