Term Selecting Research on Traditional Chinese Medicine and Related Disciplines for the Revision of Chinese Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Subject Headings / 中国中医药信息杂志
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine
;
(12): 40-42, 2015.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-468122
ABSTRACT
Objective To confirm subject headings which are prepared to be added, deleted and modified in the class of traditional Chinese medicine and related disciplines (TG class) for the new edition of Chinese Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Subject Headings (CTMMeSH). Methods Compiling principle, word frequency statistics and database retrieval results were considered. Other references, such as MeSH, were also used to help choose subject headings of TG class. Results In TG class, 35 subject headings were planned to be added, such as “medicine, traditional Korean”and“TCM constitution”;35 subject headings were planned to be deleted, such as“medicine, eastern tradition”and“meridians”;19 subject headings were planned to be modified, such as “four-constitution medicine” and “Minority Medicine”. The subject headings of “Minority Medicine”were unified to harmonize the problems of“TCM pharmacy”with other classes of subject terms. Conclusion Subject headings of TG class are chosen based on word frequency statistics. The word form are unified refer to regulation, teaching materials and documents, and should coordinate with subject headings of other classes.
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Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine
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2015
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