Health Science

A clinically validated international medical terminology dictionary and thesaurus used by regulatory authorities and the biopharmaceutical industry, developed by the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use.

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Provides citations, many with abstracts, to the world's journal literature in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences (from 1950 to current). Medline is produced by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) This database can also be searched as part of the Biological Science Collection.

Access to the literature on virology in humans, animals, and plants with topics ranging from replication cycles to oncology to AIDS. This database can also be searched as part of the wider Biological Science Collection.

Simultaneously search all databases subscribed on the Ovid platform, including MEDLINE and many others.

Provides cost-benefit analyses about healthcare interventions. Produced by British National Health Service (NHS).

Comprehensive coverage of the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Information is indexed from approximately 5,600 journals published world-wide. Records start in the early 1800's to present. Produced by the US National Library of Medicine.

Comprised of data from the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) MEDLINE. It contains citations to the published literature on health services, technology, administration, and research. It focuses on both the clinical and non-clinical aspects of health care delivery.

Brings together details on ongoing health technology assessments (studies of the medical, social, ethical, and economic implications of healthcare interventions).

Survey of recent work relating to public health, safety, and industrial hygiene. Cited studies are geared to help individuals identify, evaluate, and eliminate or control risks and hazards across the spectrum of environmental and occupational situations. The database provides the latest perspectives on topics of widespread concern such as aviation and aerospace safety, environmental safety, nuclear safety, medical safety occupational safety, and ergonomics. Health and safety related aspects of pollution, waste disposal, radiation, pesticides, epidemics - and countless other phenomena having the potential to threaten the public, the environment, or the workplace itself - are reported here. Drawing on government reports as well as journal articles, conference proceedings, books, and other publications, Health and Safety Science Abstracts synthesizes the most important new developments in safety science and human factors research. Part of the Biological Sciences suite of databases on Proquest.