Information Science

Answering Services

Communication services provided by a person or a machine to record and relay the message from the caller.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Communication services provided by a person or a machine to record and relay the message from the caller.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Answering Service

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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History Note

2003

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Previous Indexing

  • Communication (1969-2002)
  • Telephone (1972-2002)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. L01w.462w.500w.847w.698w.249
  2. N04w.590.374w.034w.500
  3. N05.300w.049w.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Answering Services. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D039604. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D039604
  2. Answering Services. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70321932