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JEFFSelects: Environmental & Occupational Medicine
U.S. Government Agencies and National Research Centers
- Agency
for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
ATSDR conducts public health assessments of waste sites, health consultations
concerning specific hazardous substances, health surveillance and
registries, response to emergency releases of hazardous substances,
applied research in support of public health assessments, information
development and dissemination, and education and training concerning
hazardous substances.
- Bureau
of Labor Statistics
The BLS site includes online data, news releases, surveys and reports
concerning workplace safety and conditions.
- Centers for Disease
Control (CDC) - the individual Centers of the CDC include environmental
health and occupational safety topics. The CDC site includes data,
reports, and statistics for clinician and lay use, as well as the
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Individual CDC centers and programs include:
- Code
of Federal Regulations (NARA/GPO Access)
A searchable database of the current U.S. Code, available from the
National Archives and Records Administration.
- Environment,
Safety & Health Information Portal (Dept. of Energy)
The DOE includes a directory to wide-ranging public resources in fulltext.
- Department of Health
and Human Services
A starting point for consumer health information, department-sponsored
research and activities, including:
- Healthfinder
Consumer-oriented information about diseases, preventive measures,
and risks.
- National Health
Information Center (NHIC)
Includes the Health Information Resource Directory with over 1,100
organizations and agencies that provide health information upon
request.
- Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
A comprehensive guide to services and information available from the
EPA, including publications, information services, and data.
- Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA)
FEMA includes a substantial section on mitigation technologies and
practices to lessen the impact of disasters.
- Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)
The FDA site includes links to toxicology programs, information about
food additives & contaminants, food-borne pathogenic organisms, new
drugs and biologicals.
- Hazardous Substances
Research Centers (HSRC)
HSRC programs feature applied research, publications, and conferences.
- National Institutes
of Health (NIH)
NIH provides links to all of its individual institutes. Of most significance
to occupational and environmental medicine are:
- National Cancer
Institute (NCI)
The NCI site provides basic data and information for researchers,
as well as clinicians and the public. The annual NCI Fact
Books, CancerNet
information system, reports and publications are included.
- National Institute
for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
The NIEHS sponsors and coordinates basic research on environmental-related
diseases. Its site includes information about grant programs, news
and publications, the National
Toxicology Program, and the Environmental Health
Information Service.
- National Library
of Medicine (NLM)
Use the NLM site for access to the NLM catalog, publications and
guidelines, free access to a variety of NLM databases, and a description
of the Specialized
Information Services program on Environmental Health, Toxicology,
and HIV/AIDS .
- National Safety Council
The NSC features an online database of product information, consumer-oriented
safety literature, and contact points for data and research interests.
- Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA)
OSHA provides comprehensive access to original data, statistics, and
standards, as well as consumer and professional information about
products and practices.
- U.S. Geological Survey
The USGS is a primary source for environmental data and reports.
Locate other U.S. government agencies with the Fedworld directory.
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