Disciplines and Occupations

Neonatology

A subspecialty of Pediatrics concerned with the newborn infant.

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Abstract

A subspecialty of Pediatrics concerned with the newborn infant.

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12 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

differentiate from INFANT, NEWBORN, the physiological, psychological or social entity; differentiate from PERINATOLOGY: NEONATOLOGY covers newborn infant only, PERINATOLOGY covers fetus & infant

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History Note

77

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Previous Indexing

  • Pediatrics (1966-1976)

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  1. H02w.403w.670w.400w

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WS 21

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Neonatology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009359. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009359
  2. Neonatology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonatology
  3. Neonatology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q898674