STN Easy Database: IPA

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Database: IPA

IPA (International Pharmaceutical Abstracts) from Thomson Scientific is a bibliographic file containing international coverage of pharmacy and health-related literature in information, the practice of pharmacy, pharmaceutical education, and the legal aspects of pharmacy and drugs.

In addition to the bibliographic summaries, records contain indexing terms, controlled terms, corporate names, chemical names, abstracts and CAS Registry Numbers(R).

An online thesaurus is also available in the controlled term (/CT) field to help locate controlled vocabulary index terms.

File Data

1970 to the present
More than 462,645 records (7/08)
Updated twice a month or monthly
The thesaurus is updated every two years with approximately 6,500 entries

Subject Coverage

A broad spectrum of topics related to pharmaceuticals and the pharmaceutical industry, ranging from pharmaceutical chemistry and technology, to legislation and regulations, to the sociology, economics and ethics of drugs. Specifically, the topics include:

Adverse Drug Reactions and Toxicity
Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutics
Cosmetics
Drug Evaluations and Interactions
Drug Metabolism and Body Distribution
Drug Stability
Environmental Toxicity
History
Information Processing
Institutional Pharmacy Practice
Investigational Drugs
Legislation and Regulations
Microbiology
Pharmacognosy
Pharmaceutical Education
Pharmaceutical Technology
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Pharmacy Practice
Preliminary Drug Analysis and Testing
Related Health Topics
Sociology and Economics and Ethics of Drugs

Sources

International Pharmaceutical Abstracts covering approximately 750 journals worldwide and all U.S. state pharmacy journals. Abstracts include information from:

Abstracts
Bulletins
Editorials
Journal articles
Meetings
Notes
Presentations
Reviews
Translations

Database Producer

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Usage Terms

Usage terms for IPA are detailed in the CAS Information Use Policies.

For more detailed information, view the STN Database Summary Sheet.