Definition: Articles on conferences sponsored by NIH presenting summary statements representing the majority agreement of physicians, scientists, and other professionals convening for the purpose of reaching a consensus on a subject of interest. This heading is used for NIH consensus conferences as a means of scientific communication. In indexing it is viewed as a type of review article and as a tag for any article appearing in any publication of the NIH Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR).
IM for general design of NIH consensus development conferences as a subject or means of scientific communication; add NIH; a different main heading CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES, NIH is used for original report of a specific NIH consensus developmen
Other names NIH Consensus Development Conferences as Topic