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Embase

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Publisher:
Elsevier
Coverage:
1974 - Present
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Description
With comprehensive biomedical content, state-of-the-art indexing, and the Emtree thesaurus—which features the latest drug, disease, and device terms—you can quickly find critical information using Ovid’s advanced search tools and efficient workflows.
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Embase increases the discovery of biomedical evidence to support critical life sciences and pharmaceutical sciences functions, delivering relevant, up-to-date biomedical information to the global biomedical research community.

To successfully perform critical functions such as pharmacovigilance, generating high-quality systematic reviews in support of evidence-based medicine and drug and medical device efficacy studies, pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations require a wide array of biomedical evidence.

Key features:
  • Nearly 46 million bibliographic records dating back to 1947
  • Records drawn from sources published in 90+ countries
  • Minimal content overlap with other resources
  • Full-text indexing of drug, disease, and medical device data (Drug and device indexing by trade name, manufacturer name, and clinical trial), supported by the precise Emtree thesaurus
  • Up-to-date adverse drug reaction and product safety information for reporting and regulatory purposes
  • 1.9 million+ citations and abstracts added annually
  • Author-written abstracts for 80% of all citations
    • All MEDLINE citations, twice as much content as MEDLINE in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacology


Broad biomedical scope covering the following areas:
  • Drug therapy and pharmacovigilance
  • Clinical and experimental (human) medicine
  • Basic biological science relevant to human medicine
  • Biotechnology and biomedical engineering, including medical devices
  • Health policy and management, including pharmacoeconomics
  • Public, occupational, and environmental health, including pollution control
  • Veterinary science, dentistry, and nursing
  • Psychiatry and mental health, including substance dependence and abuse
  • Forensic science
  • Alternative and complementary medicine
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Platform:
OvidSP
Publisher:
Elsevier
Product Type:
Database
Specialty:
  • Allergy & Immunology
  • Alternative & Complementary Medicine
  • Andrology
  • Anesthesiology
  • Animal Sciences
  • Audiology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cardiology
  • Clinical Laboratory Science & Medical Technology
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Dentistry & Dental Hygiene
  • Dermatology
  • Emergency Medicine & Trauma
  • Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • General Medicine
  • Geriatrics & Gerontology
  • Health Policy
  • Hematology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Internal Medicine
  • Laboratory Medicine
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Neuropsychology
  • Neuroradiology
  • Neurosurgery
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Nutrition & Dietetics
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Occupational & Environmental Medicine
  • Oncology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Oral Surgery
  • Orthopedics
  • Otolaryngology
  • Pain Management
  • Palliative Medicine
  • Pathology
  • Pediatrics
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Pharmacology
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Primary Care/Family Medicine/General Practice
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Radiology
  • Rheumatology
  • Sports Medicine
  • Substance Abuse
  • Surgery
  • Toxicology
  • Transplantation
  • Urology
  • Veterinary Science
  • Virology
Language:
English
Update Frequency:
Weekly
Coverage:
1974 - Present
Data Type:
Bibliographic with Abstracts
Number of Records:
46 million+
Records Added Annually:
1.9 million

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