title: [A brief introduction to MEDLINE and a guide for authors].
abstract: Medical literature analysis and retrieval system online (MEDLINE) established by National Library of Medicine, USA (NLM) is the most important biomedical database all over the world. This article introduces the database of MEDLINE and Chinese periodicals indexed in MEDLINE in 2006. Several suggestions are made as well, with the aim of providing a guide for authors to contribute to periodicals indexed in MEDLINE so as to extend the international influence of the articles, authors and related hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Reproduction & Genetics, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Command, PLA, Nanjing 210002, Jiangsu, China. huangyf@androl.cn
authors.forename: Yu-feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D016239:MEDLINE; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.); D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D014481:United States