Publication Characteristics

Letter

Work consisting of written or printed communication between individuals or between persons and representatives of corporate bodies. The correspondence may be personal or professional. In medical and other scientific publications the letter is usually from one or more authors to the editor of the journal or book publishing the item being commented upon or discussed. LETTER is often accompanied by COMMENT.

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Abstract

Work consisting of written or printed communication between individuals or between persons and representatives of corporate bodies. The correspondence may be personal or professional. In medical and other scientific publications the letter is usually from one or more authors to the editor of the journal or book publishing the item being commented upon or discussed. LETTER is often accompanied by COMMENT.

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Indexing Annotation

This heading is used as a Publication Type. Letters & correspondence as a subject are indexed under the main heading CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC. For collections of letters, use COLLECTED CORRESPONDENCE.

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History Note

2008(1991)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. V01.550
  2. V02.355w.374
  3. V02.625

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Letter. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016422. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016422
  2. Letter. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1784733