NAME

WWW::Search::PubMed - class for searching National Library of Medicine

SYNOPSIS

use WWW::Search;

$query = "lung cancer treatment"; $search = new WWW::Search('PubMed'); $search->native_query(WWW::Search::escape_query($query)); $search->maximum_to_retrieve(100); while (my $result = $search->next_result()) {

$url = $result->url; $title = $result->title; $desc = $result->description;

print <a href=$url>$title<br>$desc<p>\n"; }

DESCRIPTION

WWW::Search class for searching National Library of Medicine (PubMed). If you never heard of PubMed, Medline or don't know the difference between a Abstract and Citation -- you then can live without this backend.

This class exports no public interface; all interaction should be done through WWW::Search objects.

AUTHOR

WWW::Search::PubMed is written and maintained by Jim Smyser <jsmyser@bigfoot.com>.

COPYRIGHT

WWW::Search Copyright (c) 1996-1998 University of Southern California. All rights reserved. PubMed.pm by Jim Smyser.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.