PubMed Identifier

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For information on using PMIDs in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:PMID.

For the Wikipedia template to link to PubMed articles, see Template:PMID

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A PMID (PubMed identifier or PubMed unique identifier^[1]) is a unique number assigned to each PubMed citation of life sciences and biomedical scientific journal articles. The related Pubmed Central archive may additionally assign a separate number, a PMCID (PubMed Central identifier), normally written with a PMC prefix.

As of 2005^[update], there are roughly between 15 and 16 million PMID numbers in use, starting from 1,^[2] and about 1 million new numbers are added each year. 'Unique identifier' (UID) is the search field tag used in the PubMed search query.

By using the PMID as a search argument (with or without the 'UID' field tag), the relevant abstract will be displayed by PubMed. Multiple PMIDs in one search will yield all abstracts (it is interpreted as an OR operation). "PMID" itself should not be included in the search.

References

^ "Search Field Descriptions and Tags". National Center for Biotechnology Information. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=helppubmed.section.pubmedhelp.Search_Field_Descrip. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
^ Makar AB, McMartin KE, Palese M, Tephly TR (June 1975). "Formate assay in body fluids: application in methanol poisoning". Biochemical Medicine 13 (2): 117–26. doi:10.1016/0006-2944(75)90147-7. PMID 1.

Creating a direct Web Link to the Entrez Databases

External links

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pmid.us – short form linking service using PMID'ses:PMID

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