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Reference Shelf

Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/ 
   
    Medical Encyclopedia, Medical Dictionary, Drug Information, Health and Wellness Topics, 
    Physician and Specialist directories, etc.

Medline  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ 

Current Bibliographies in Medicine. National Library of Medicine  http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS536 

Agency Information

United States Public Health Services  http://www.hhs.gov/phs/

Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm 

NCHS data systems include data on vital events as well as information on health status, 
lifestyle and exposure to unhealthy influences, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, 
and the use of health care. These data are used by policymakers in Congress and the 
Administration, by medical researchers, and by others in the health community. 

Vital Statistics  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm 

The National Vital Statistics System is responsible for the Nation's official vital statistics. 
These vital statistics are provided through State-operated registration systems. The registration 
of vital events--births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and fetal deaths -- is a State function. Additional programs related to the National Vital Statistics System include the Linked Birth and Infant Death 
Data Set, National Maternal and Infant Health Survey, National Mortality Followback Survey, the 
National Survey of Family Growth, and the National Death Index.

National Institutes of Health  http://www.nih.gov/ 

Publications on health information, grants and funding opportunities, research, publications,
catalogs, and research laboratories.    

National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov 

Health information including Public Medline, catalogs, databases, publications, research 
programs in molecular biology and medical informatics.

National Institute for Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/ 

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development is part of the National 
Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NICHD conducts 
and supports laboratory, clinical and epidemiological research on the reproductive, 
neurobiologic, developmental, and behavioral processes that determine and maintain the 
health of children, adults, families and populations.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information http://www.health.org 

A service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 

National Health Information Clearinghouse  http://nhic-nt.health.org/ 

The National Health Information Center (NHIC) is a health information referral service. 
NHIC puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with 
those organizations that are best able to provide answers.

Subject List of Health Information Resources http://nhic-nt.health.org/#Referrals 

From the Health Information Resources Database. The Health Information Resource 
Database includes 1,100 organizations and government offices that provide health 
information upon request. Entries include contact information, short abstracts, and 
information about publications and services the organizations provide. 

National Health Care Survey  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhcs.htm 

The NHCS was built upon the following four current National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS) surveys: The National Hospital Discharge Survey, the National 
Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, the National Nursing Home Survey, and the 
National Health Provider Inventory (formerly the National Master Facility Inventory). 
The new surveys include the National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery, the National 
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, and the National Home and Hospice Care 
Survey. The National Employer Health Insurance Survey is also a component of the NHCS. 

  Agency for Health Care Research and Quality  http://www.ahrq.gov/ 

  Food and Drug Administration  http://www.fda.gov/ 

FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research  http://www.fda.gov/cder/ 

Publications

Resources on Aging and Gerontology /Govdocs/agedoc.htm 
Directory of Federal and Private Resources on Aging, Gerontology and Geriatrics

MMWR (Morbidity, Mortality Weekly Report) http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/

The MMWR weekly contains data on specific diseases as reported by state and territorial health departments and reports on infectious and chronic diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries, and intentional and unintentional injuries. Also included are reports on topics of international interest and notices of events of interest to the public health community. 

Health Insurance and Related Publications from the Census Bureau 

    http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins.html     Health Insurance
    http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/hivaidsn.html    AIDS/HIV Surveillance
    http://www.census.gov/hhes/hlthins/chldhins.html  Child Health Insurance     

Nursing Resources

Search for Nursing Research at CRISP http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/
Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Research from U.S. Public Health Service

Medical Management Guidelines for Acute Chemical Exposure

Environmental Health

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Search Abstracts of Environmental Health Perspectives  
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Hazardous Substances and Public Health (Journal)

Epidemiological Data  

Public access to health and exposure data concerning Department of Energy  installations. Most of the data are from epidemiologic studies. Studies of populations residing near DOE installations, and other studies of radiation health effects, such as classic studies of atomic bomb survivors and the radium dial painters, are represented in CEDR.

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