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• National Library of Medicine

2007 NIDA International Forum Technological
Innovations to Build International Research
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National Library of Medicine

• PubMed
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PubMed/MEDLINE

• MEDLINE
• 1971
• Over 17 million citations
• Dates back to the 1950s
• Physicians and serious science researchers
• PubMed
• Interface for searching MEDLINE
• Special features

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PubMed/MEDLINE

• PubMed
• Interface for searching MEDLINE
• Special features
• MEDLINE
• 1971
• Over 17 million citations
• Dates back to the 1950s
• Physicians and serious science researchers

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PubMed/MEDLINEhttp//pubmed.gov
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ClinicalTrials.govhttp//clinicaltrials.gov
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• Provides current information about clinical
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• FDA Modernization Act of 1997
• Contains trials sponsored by NIH, other Federal
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• Released February 29, 2000

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AIDSInfo http//aidsinfo.nih.gov

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Environmental Health and Toxicology http//sis.nlm
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DailyMedhttp//dailymed.nlm.nih.gov
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Household Products Databasehttp//householdproduc
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