NCBI PubMed Article

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  "title": "NCBI PubMed Article",
  "description": "Schema for a PubMed biomedical literature article record from NCBI E-Utilities",
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      "description": "PubMed unique identifier"
    },
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      "description": "Article title"
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    "abstract": {
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      "description": "Article abstract text"
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        }
      }
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      "description": "Journal publication information",
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        "isoAbbreviation": {"type": "string"},
        "issn": {"type": "string"},
        "volume": {"type": "string"},
        "issue": {"type": "string"},
        "pages": {"type": "string"}
      }
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        "month": {"type": "integer"},
        "day": {"type": "integer"}
      }
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    "doi": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Digital Object Identifier"
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      "description": "PubMed Central ID (if available as full-text)"
    },
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      "description": "Medical Subject Headings assigned to the article",
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          "major": {"type": "boolean"}
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    "keywords": {
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      "description": "Author-supplied keywords",
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