Human nutrition, foods, and exercise
The mission of Virginia Tech's Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise is to discover, translate, and disseminate health-related advances in the nutrition, food, and exercise sciences. Major programs of study within this department include consumer foods, dietetics, exercise and health promotion, and the science of food, nutrition, and exercise; research in these areas is often interdisciplinary.
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PubMed/MEDLINE from the NLM
PubMed/MEDLINE from the NLM
PubMed indexes citations, abstracts, and some full text for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books in the life sciences, including the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences. Advanced search limits include types of articles (such as clinical trial, case reports, or review), human or animal studies, and age of subjects. Full text provided as HTML and PDF. 1947-present.CAB Abstracts from CABDirect
CAB Abstracts from CABDirect
CAB Abstracts indexes citations and abstracts from journals, books, reports, handbooks, conference proceedings, field notes, and theses in agriculture, life sciences, natural resources, veterinary sciences, applied economics, nutrition, tourism, and the environment. Includes the CAB Abstracts Archive. Some full text available as PDFs. 1910s-present.
FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts from EBSCOhost
FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts from EBSCOhost
Food Science and Technology Abstracts indexes citations, abstracts, and full text from journal articles, conference proceedings, books, legislation, patents, reports, and theses and dissertations on the medical and biological aspects of food and nutrition. Full text is available as HTML and PDF. Coverage includes human and pet foods. 1969-present. Limited to simultaneous users.
Alt HealthWatch from EBSCOhost
Alt HealthWatch from EBSCOhost
Alt HealthWatch indexes citations, abstracts, and full text from journal articles, pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. Full-text articles available in PDF. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. Indexing and abstracts 1984-present; full text 1990-present.
Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition from EBSCOhost
Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition from EBSCOhost
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition indexes citations, abstracts, and full text from academic journals. In addition, this database includes Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names. Full text is available as PDF. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1952-present.
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