Re: MeSH

[Elizabeth Barham <lizzy@soggytrousers.net>]

Karsten writes:

> I think you are doing one great job in true Open Source fashion
> quietly and persistently digging for data sharing what you found and
> eventually massaging the data into some better usable format. Do you
> have any plans on collaborating with drugref.org, say as a
> "free-lance data mining expert" ?

I was just working an my listing of drugs. I downloaded their
database, though but I did not install it.

I'm currently studying coding and health insurance - this is all new
to me.

> > Medical Subject Headings
> > http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2002/

> I take it you _are_ aware of the fact the MeSH is being used to
> classify Medline entries ?  It's maintained by the NLM as part of
> the UMLS (Unified Medical Language System or along those lines) -
> IIRC.

No. I was unaware of MeSH in its entirety. Its very neat; it has all
sorts of drugs in it.

Thank you,
Elizabeth