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National Institutes of Health (U.S.) MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
An operating division of the US Department of Health and Human Services. It is concerned with the overall planning, promoting, and administering of programs pertaining to health and medical research.
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National Institutes of Health
United States National Institutes of Health
Public MeSH Note
1982; was UNITED STATES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 1966-81
An operating division of the US Department of Health and Human Services. It is concerned with the overall planning, promoting, and administering of programs pertaining to health and medical research.