In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: ''The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading.'' Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so.
Author(s): ICON Health Publications
Publisher: ICON Health Publications
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 164
Forward......Page 9
The Combined Health Information Database......Page 11
Federally Funded Research on Decubitus Ulcers......Page 12
The National Library of Medicine: PubMed......Page 15
Finding Nutrition Studies on Decubitus Ulcers......Page 41
Federal Resources on Nutrition......Page 42
Additional Web Resources......Page 43
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine......Page 45
Additional Web Resources......Page 50
General References......Page 51
Keeping Current......Page 53
Patents on Decubitus Ulcers......Page 55
Patent Applications on Decubitus Ulcers......Page 80
Keeping Current......Page 88
Book Summaries: Online Booksellers......Page 91
News Services and Press Releases......Page 93
Academic Periodicals covering Decubitus Ulcers......Page 94
U.S. Pharmacopeia......Page 97
Commercial Databases......Page 98
Researching Orphan Drugs......Page 99
NIH Guidelines......Page 103
NIH Databases......Page 105
Other Commercial Databases......Page 107
Patient Guideline Sources......Page 109
Finding Associations......Page 112
Medical Libraries in the U.S. and Canada......Page 115
Online Dictionary Directories......Page 121
DECUBITUS ULCERS DICTIONARY......Page 123
INDEX......Page 153
