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. 2007 Jul 5;7:32. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-7-32

Table 3.

Indexing terms in MEDLINE and EMBASE

MEDLINE EMBASE
/adverse effects
/poisoning
/toxicity
/chemically induced
/contraindications
/complications
/side effect
/adverse drug reaction
/drug toxicity
/complication

Example:
Aspirin/adverse effects
Here, Aspirin is the MeSH term and adverse effects is the subheading;
Example:
Acetylsalicylic-acid/adverse-drug-reaction
Acetylsalicylic-acid is the EMTREE term and adverse-drug-reaction is the subheading.