National Library of Medicine Adds Defense Journal

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National Library of Medicine Adds Defense Journal

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Federal News Network Staff

July 22, 2011 7:50 pm

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The National Library of Medicine is adding the Defense Journal to its database. Defense.gov reports that the move by the National Institutes of Health recognizes the value of the Defense Department’s Medical Surveillance Monthly Report.The report is published by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center and is DoD’s direct line to documented health patterns affecting service members and their families.

The Medical Surveillance report will be indexed into MEDLINE this month, beginning with its January 2011 issue.The Library of Medicine owns the MEDLINE database, which has more than 18 million references to biomedical journal articles.

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