How did a TIME magazine article end up indexed by PubMed as a scientific paper?

I asked on Twitter:

How did a TIME magazine article end up indexed by PubMed as a scientific paper? http://bit.ly/NtClC and http://bit.ly/NB9F2

And here are the comments and answers:


Vinny AroraFutureDocs I have wondered that too...had seen @TIME in Medline before about 9 hours ago from web in reply to AllergyNotes

Jenny Reiswigbmljenny Since 1998 PubMed has selectively indexed a number of consumer mags. They don't consider them scientific. about 9 hours ago from web in reply to AllergyNotes

Dean Giustinigiustini How did TIME article get indexed in PubMed? http://bit.ly/NtClC Ves, these are 'out of scope', only in PubMed, not MEDLINE about 9 hours ago from web

Dean Giustinigiustini ...and, as pointed out, some consumer health cites are 'out of scope' AND indexed in MEDLINE about 7 hours ago from web in reply to bmljenny


Thanks all for the replies and helping me out with this question.
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  1. Lin6/15/2009 5:40 PM

    Time was selectively indexed in MEDLINE: http://is.gd/12MPg

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  2. Clinical Cases and Images - Blog6/15/2009 5:44 PM

    Lin,

    Thank you for the explanatory link. I just found it a bit strange that the National Library of Medicine indexes (albeit selectively) a popular magazine...

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