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International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
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- Description
- The International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) database is the primary source for
drug
information. It provides worldwide coverage of pharmacology, pharmacy and health related literature
from
1970 to the present, and is updated monthly. Produced by Thomson Scientific since 2005 (prior to
that it
was produced by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, IPA citations
come from
approximately 750 journals and all U.S. state pharmacy journals. IPA provides comprehensive
information
for drug therapy, toxicity, and pharmacy practice as well as legislation, regulation,
technology,
utilization, biopharmaceutics, information processing, education, economics, and ethics as
related to
pharmaceutical science and practice. A unique feature of the abstracts included for clinical
studies is
the inclusion of the study design, number of patients, dosage, dosage forms and dosage schedule.
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- Dates covered
- 1970+.
- Updating frequency
- Monthly.
- Sources
- 750 journals.
- Type of coverage
- Citations with abstracts.
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- International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
- Producer/content provider
- Thomson Scientific, Inc.
- Vendor/electronic presentation provider
- Ebsco
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