Consensus Development Conferences, NIH as Topic

**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).

**Tree numbers:** - L01.462.500.682.759.150.500 - N03.540.199.205.500

**Synonyms:** - Consensus Statement Conferences, NIH as Topic - NIH Consensus Development Conferences as Topic - NIH Consensus Statement Conferences as Topic