PMID is an acronym for PubMed Identifier or more specifically PubMed Unique Identifier which is a unique number assigned to each PubMed citation of life sciences and biomedical scientific journal articles. Acronyms, initialisms, and alphabetisms are Abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name PubMed is a free search engine for accessing the MEDLINE database of citations and abstracts of biomedical research articles A citation is a reference to a source (not always the original source published or unpublished(citation needed Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles Biomedical research (or experimental medicine) in general simply known as medical research, is the Basic research or Applied research conducted For a broader class of publications which include scientific journals see Academic journal. It is used similarly to the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for books.
As of 2005, there are roughly between 15-16 million numbers in use, starting from PMID 1, and about 1 million new numbers are added each year. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Unique Identifier [UID] (PubMed Unique Identifier PMID) is the search field tag used in the PubMed search query.
By using the PMID as a search argument (with or without the [uid] field tag), the relevant abstract will be displayed by PubMed. Multiple PMIDs in one search will yield all abstracts (it is interpreted as an OR operation). PMID itself should not be included in the search.
To search in combination with other terms, one must enter the search field tag, e. g. , smith [au] AND (10403340 [uid] OR vaccines [mh]).
You can also enter the PMID number in Entrez at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez