Health Source: Consumer

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Description

Health-related database for the general public with links to some full text. This resource provides access to nearly 300 full-text, consumer-health periodicals, including American Fitness, Better Nutrition, Harvard Health Letter, HealthFacts, Muscle & Fitness, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and many others. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 300 periodicals. Also included in this database is searchable full text for nearly 1,100 health-related pamphlets; 135 health reference books, including books published by the People's Medical Society; and more than 4,500 Clinical Reference Systems reports (in English and Spanish). In addition, this database includes Clinical Pharmacology, which provides access to up-to-date, concise, and clinically relevant drug monographs for all US prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products, and new drugs. Many full-text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF or scanned-in-color PDF. Full-text information in this database dates as far back as 1985.

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Content Type

Basic Research     Full Text     

Keywords

Medical Sciences; Food Sciences and Nutrition; Childcare; Sports Medicine; AIDS; Cancer; Diabetes; Drugs and Alcohol; Aging; Fitness; Nutrition and Dietetics; General Health

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