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Publication Components > Letter

Publication Formats > Ephemera > Letter

Preferred term

Letter

Publication Type

Collected Correspondence

This heading is used as a Publication Type. Letters & correspondence as a subject are indexed under the main heading CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC. For collections of letters, use COLLECTED CORRESPONDENCE.

Work consisting of written or printed communication between individuals or between persons and representatives of corporate bodies. The correspondence may be personal or professional. In medical and other scientific publications the letter is usually from one or more authors to the editor of the journal or book publishing the item being commented upon or discussed. LETTER is often accompanied by COMMENT.

History note

2008(1991)

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016422

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