Publication Characteristics

Comment

Work consisting of a critical or explanatory note written to discuss, support, or dispute an article or other presentation previously published. It may take the form of an article, letter, editorial, etc. It appears in publications under a variety of names: comment, commentary, editorial comment, viewpoint, etc.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Work consisting of a critical or explanatory note written to discuss, support, or dispute an article or other presentation previously published. It may take the form of an article, letter, editorial, etc. It appears in publications under a variety of names: comment, commentary, editorial comment, viewpoint, etc.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Commentary
  • Editorial Comment
  • Viewpoint

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Indexing Annotation

This heading is used as a Publication Type. for critical or explanatory remarks on previously published articles; CATALOGER: Do not use

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History Note

1996(1991)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. V01.205
  2. V02.267

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Comment. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016420. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016420
  2. Comment. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58897583