Medical Subject Headings

Subheadings

Subheadings — also called qualifiers — are attached to a MeSH descriptor to narrow it to a particular aspect, such as the diagnosis of a disease or the adverse effects of a drug. The National Library of Medicine maintains 76 topical qualifiers, listed in full below.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings76 qualifiers

A

B

C

D

E

G

H

I

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V