The following texts are regularly used by staff of the Medical Subject Headings Section in the creation and maintenance of MeSH. Some of those listed are considered standard sources for their fields (e.g., Gray's Anatomy, Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology), while others are utilized as reference works in certain subject areas. This bibliography does not include all texts used for the production of MeSH.
GENERAL
Bennington, J.L., ed. Saunders dictionary and encyclopedia of laboratory medicine and technology. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1984.
Dale, D.C. [and others], eds. Scientific American medicine. New York: Scientific American, Inc.
Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary. 29th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2000.
Jablonski, S. Dictionary of medical acronyms and abbreviations. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, 2001.
Parker, S.P., ed. McGraw-Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Segen, J.C. Current med talk: a dictionary of medical terms, slang & jargon. Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange, 1995.
Scott, T.A. Concise Encyclopedia of Biology. Berlin: W. De Gruyter, 1996.
Sloane, S.B. Medical abbreviations and eponyms. 2d ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1997.
Stedman's medical dictionary, illustrated. 27th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000.
CATEGORY A
Bowden, D.M., [and others]. NeuroNames. http://rprcsgi.rprc.washington.edu/neuronames/index1.html (Oct 2, 2002). Seattle: Neurosciences Division, RPRC University of Washington.
Clemente, C.D., ed. Gray's anatomy. 30th American ed. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1985.
Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology. Terminologica anatomica. Stuttgart: Thieme, 1998.
Junqueira, L.C. [and others]. Basic histology. 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Moore, K.L. Clinically oriented anatomy. 3d ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1992.
Parent, A. Carpenters human neuroanatomy. 9th ed. Media, PA: Williams & Wilkins, 1996.
CATEGORY B
Beaver, P.C. [and others]. Clinical parasitology. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1984.
Belshe, R.B. Textbook of human virology. 2d ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1991.
Boone, D.R., Castenholz, C.W., George M. Garrity, G.M., eds. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 1, 2nd ed. New York, Springer, 2001.
Hawksworth, D.L. [and others]. Ainsworth & Bisby's dictionary of the fungi. 8th ed. Wallingford, Oxon, England: CAB International, 1996.
Markell, E.K. [and others]. Medical parasitology. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1992.
Noble, E.R.; Noble, G.A. Parasitology: the biology of animal parasites. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1989.
Porterfield, J.S., ed. Andrewes' viruses of vertebrates. 5th ed. London: Balliere Tindall, 1989.
Regenmortel, M.H.V. [and others], eds. Virus taxonomy: Classification and nomenclature of viruses. Seventh report of the international committee on taxonomy of viruses. San Diego: Academic Press, 2000.
Sneath, P.H.A. [and others], eds. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 2. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1986.
Staley, J.T. [and others], eds. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 3. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1989.
USDA, NRCS. 2001. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.1. http://plants.usda.gov (July 26,2001). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Walker's mammals of the world. 5th ed. Revised by R.M. Nowak. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1991.
Williams, S.T. [and others], eds. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 4. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1989.
CATEGORY C
Adams, R.D. [and others]. Principles of neurology. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Arnold, H.L. [and others]. Andrews' diseases of the skin. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1990.
Bast, R.C. Jr., [and others], eds. Cancer Medicine. 5th ed. Hamilton: Decker, 2000.
Behrman, R.E. [and others], eds. Nelson textbook of pediatrics. 15th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1996.
Bradley, W.G. [and others], eds. Neurology in Clinical Practice. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000.
Braunwald, E., ed. Heart disease: a textbook of cardiovascular medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1997.
Cecil, R.L. Plum, F., eds. Cecil textbook of medicine. 20th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1996.
Champion, R. H. [and others], eds. Textbook in dermatology. 5th ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992.
Cote, R.A. [and others], eds. Systematized nomenclature of human and veterinary medicine (SNOMED International). 3d ed. Skokie, IL: College of American Pathologists, 1993.
Cotran, R.S. [and others], eds. Robbins pathologic basis of disease. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1994.
Cunningham, F.G. [and others]. Williams Obstetrics. 20th ed. Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange, 1997.
DeVita, V.T. [and others], eds. Cancer: principles and practice of oncology. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1997.
Donaghy, M. Brain's diseases of the nervous system. 11th ed., New York, Oxford, 2001.
Fauci, A. S. [and others], eds. Harrison's principles of internal medicine. 14th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Fishman, A.P. [and others]. Fishman's pulmonary diseases and disorders. 3d ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Fritz, A [and others], eds. International classification of diseases for oncology (ICD-O). 3d ed. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2000.
Haubrich, W.S. [and others], eds. Bockus gastroenterology. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1995.
Jablonski, S. Jablonski's dictionary of syndromes and eponymic diseases. 2d ed. Malabar, FL: Krieger, 1991.
Kase, N.G. [and others], eds. Principles and practice of clinical gynecology. 2d ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1990.
Lee, G.R. [and others]. Wintrobe's clinical hematology. 10th ed. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1999.
Magalini, S.I.; Magalini, S.C., eds. Dictionary of medical syndromes. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1997.
Menkes, J.H. Textbook of child neurology. 5th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1995.
Moschella, S.L.; Hurley, H.J., eds. Dermatology. 3d ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1992.
Newell, F. W. Ophthalmology: principles and concepts. 8th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1996.
Paparella, M.M. [and others], eds. Otolaryngology. 3d ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1991.
Scriver, C.R. [and others]. The metabolic and molecular basis of inherited disease. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Hunter, G.W. Hunter's tropical medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases. 8th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2000.
The international classification of diseases; 9th revision, clinical modification; ICD-9-CM. 4th ed. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Health Care Financing Administration, 1991. (DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 91- 1260)
The international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems; 10th revision; ICD-10. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 1992.
Walsh, P.C. [and others], eds. Campbell's urology. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1997.
Wilson, J.D.; Foster, D.W., eds. Williams textbook of endocrinology. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1998.
CATEGORY D
Adams, H.R., eds. Veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics. 7th ed. Ames: Iowa State Univ. Press, 1995.
Barclay, A.N. [and others]. The leucocyte antigen factsbook. 2d. ed. San Diego: Academic Press, 1997.
Callard, R.E.; Gearing, A.J.H. The Cytokine factbook. San Diego, Academic Press, 1994.
Devlin, T.M., ed. Textbook of biochemistry: with clinical correlations. 4th ed. New York: Wiley-Liss, 1997.
Dewick. P. M. Medicinal natural products. 2nd ed. West Sussex: Wiley, 2002.
Grant, R.; Grant, C., eds. Grant & Hackh's chemical dictionary. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987.
Hardman, J.G. [and others], eds. Goodman and Gilman's the pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 9th ed. New York:Pergamon Press, 1996.
Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary. 13th ed. R.J. Lewis, Sr., ed. New York: John Wiley, 1997.
Ibelgaufts, H. Dictionary of cytokines. New York: VCH Publishers, 1995.
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Nomenclature Committee. Enzyme nomenclature 1992. San Diego: Academic Press, 1992.
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Commission on the Nomenclature of InorganicChemistry. Nomenclature of inorganic chemistry: recommendations, 1990. Oxford: Blackwell, 1990.
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Organic Chemistry Division. Commission on Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry. Nomenclature of organic chemistry: sections A,B,C,D,E,F and H. New York: Pergamon Press, 1979.
Kreis, T.; Vale, R., eds. Guidebook to the extracellular matrix and adhesion proteins. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1993.
Lehninger, A.L. [and others]. Principles of biochemistry. 2d ed. New York: Worth, 1993.
Lide, D.R. [and others], eds. CRC handbook of chemistry and physics. 72d ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1991.
Milne, G.W., ed. Drugs: Synonyms & Properties. Hampshire: Ashgate, 2000.
Negwer, M. Organic-chemical drugs and their synonyms. 7th ed. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1994.
O'Neil, M. [and others], eds. The Merck index; an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs and biologicals. 13th ed., Rahway, NJ: Merck, 2001.
Parfitt, K., ed. Martindale: The complete drug reference. 32d ed. London: Pharmaceutical Press, 1999.
Physicians Desk Reference. 56th ed., Montvale: Medical Economics Group, 2002.
Pigott, R.; Power, C. The adhesion molecule factsbook. San Diego: Academic Press, 1993.
Schror, K.; Smith, E.F., III. Dictionary of prostaglandins and related compounds. Germany: Medikon, 1990.
Scott, T. Concise encyclopedia of biochemistry and molecular biology. Berlin: W. De Gruyter, 1997.
Smith, C.M.; Reynard, A.M. Textbook of pharmacology. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1992.
Stryer, L. Biochemistry. 4th ed. New York: freeman & Company, 1995.
Swiss Pharmaceutical Society. Index nominum : international drug directory. 17th ed. Stuttgart: Medpharm Scientific Publishers, 2000.
USP DI. 22th ed. Engleswood: Micromedex, 2002.
USP dictionary of USAN and international drug names. 2002. Rockville, MD: United States Pharmacopeial Convention.
USP25 / NP20: United States Pharmacopeia. 2001. Rockville, MD: United States Pharmacopeial Convention.
Vaddi, K. [and others]. The Chemokine factsbook. San Diego, Academic Press, 1997.
CATEGORY E
American Academy of Periodontology. Current procedural terminology for periodontics and insurance reporting manual. 7th ed. Chicago: The Academy, 1995.
American Society of Oral Surgeons. Oral and maxillofacial surgery procedural terminology with glossary. 2d ed. Chicago: The Society, 1985.
Blauvelt, C.T., Nelson, F.R.T. A manual of orthopaedic terminology. 5th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1994.
Current procedural terminology: CPT-2002. Chicago: AMA Press, 2001.
Jablonski, S. Jablonski's dictionary of dentistry. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1992.
Zwemer, T.J. [and others], eds. Boucher's clinical dental terminology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1993.
CATEGORY F
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. 4th ed. (DSM-IV) Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1994.
Campbell, R.J. Psychiatric dictionary. 7th ed. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1996.
Cassileth, B. R. The alternative medicine handbook. New York: Norton Co., 1998.
Egerton, J. E.; Campbell, R. J. eds. American psychiatric glossary. 7th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1994.
Gabbard, G.O., ed. Treatments of psychiatric disorders. 2d ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1995.
Hales, R.E. [and others], eds. American Psychiatric Press textbook of psychiatry. 2d ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1994.
Kaplan, H.I.; Sadock, B.J., eds. Comprehensive textbook of psychiatry. 6th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1995.
Walker, A., ed. Thesaurus of psychological index terms. 8th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1997.
CATEGORY G
Abbas, A.K. [and others]. Cellular and molecular immunology. 3d ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1997.
Guyton, A.C.; Hall, J.E. Textbook of medical physiology. 10th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2000.
Herbert, W.J. [and others] eds., Dictionary of immunology. 4th ed. London: Academic Press, 1995.
Hesketh, R. The Oncogene and tumour suppressor core factsbook. 2d ed., San Diego: Academic Press, 1997.
Jameson, J. L., ed. Principles of molecular medicine. Totowa: Humana Press, 1998.
Kendrew, J.C.; Lawrence, E., eds. The encyclopedia of molecular biology. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Science, 1994.
King, R.C.; Stansfield, W.D. A dictionary of genetics. 5th ed. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997.
Lackie J.M & Dow, J.A.T. Dictionary of cell and molecular biology. 3d ed. San Diego: Academic Press, 1999.
Last, J.M. [and others], eds. A dictionary of epidemiology. 4th ed. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2001.
Lewin, B. Genes VII, New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2000.
Lodish, H. [and others], Molecular cell biology. 4th ed. New York : Freeman, 2000.
Migloni, G.S. Dictionary of plant genetics and molecular biology. New York: Hawthorne Press, 1998.
Rieger, R. [and others]. Glossary of genetics: classical and molecular. 5th ed. Germany: Springer-Verlag, 1991.
Wassertheil-Smoller, S. Biostatistics and epidemiology: a primer for health professionals. 2d ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995.
West. G., ed. Black's veterinary dictionary. 18th ed. London: Black, 1995.
West, J.B., ed. Best & Taylor's physiological basis of medical practice. 12th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1991.
CATEGORY N
Berman, H.J. [and others]. The financial management of hospitals. 8th ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Health Administration Press, 1994.
Goldfarb, B. Health care defined. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1997.
O'Leary, M.R. Lexikon: dictionary of health care terms, organizations, and acronyms for the era of reform. Oakbrook Terrace, ILL: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, 1994.
Rhea, J.C. [and others]. The Facts on File dictionary of health care management. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1988.
Slee, V.N.; Slee, D.A. Health care reform terms. St. Paul, MN: Tringa Press, 1993.
Slee, V.N. [and others]. Health care terms. 3d ed. St. Paul, MN: Tringa Press, 1996.
CATEGORY Z
Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary. 3d. ed. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 1997.
U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Geographic Names Processing System (GNPS). Foreign names information bulletin. National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Bethesda, MD.
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