Publisher's Synopsis
EMTREE, the EMBASE thesaurus, is a controlled medical vocabulary arranged in a hierarchically-structured cascading "tree". EMTREE now comprises 39,500 preferred terms (comprising 20,000 drug terms and 18,500 medical terms) and 170,000 synonyms (79,000 drug terms and 66,000 medical terms). The printed EMTREE includes all controlled vocabulary terms and the 15,000 most important synonyms. This two-volume set is a tool for searchers who want the most comprehensive and relevant retrieval possible from EMBASE. The volumes include: the EMTREE alphabetical index; hierarchical EMTREE structure; Links and EMTAGS (including scope notes); and the Drug EMCLAS classification system. An introduction containing "how to use" information is provided in seven different languages.
