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Section I:
Grand Rounds, Air Quality, Chemicals, MSD's,
CWA, Bioterrorism, Diseases, Environment

Section II:
Epidemiology

Section III:
First Aid, Genetic Diseases, Geriatrics, Toxic Materials,
Health Economics, Insects, Land Mines, Nuclear Safety, Oil Spills

Section IV:
Parasites, Pesticides, Poisons, Radiation, Tropical Medicine,
Water Quality, Waste/Wastewater Treatment, Public Health Schools

Public Health, Epidemiology, Medical, Nutrition, Calculators

PARASITES

Parasites Related Centers

FOR PARASITOLOGYATLASES, CASES, COURSES, DATABASES, JOURNALS, TEXTBOOKS, TUTORIALS, VIDEOS, ETC. SEE THE PATHOLOGY, FORENSICS & VIROLOGY: PARASITOLOGY

Identification & Diagnosis of Parasites & Parasitic Disease Cases

IDENTIFICATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF PARASITES OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN (DPDx) - Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Multimedia Parasites & Parasitic Diseases Atlas, Parasites & Parasitic Diseases Cases, Diagnostic Procedures, Parasites & Parasitic Diseases Teaching Modules (Text & Images).
DPDx
"...Concise reviews of parasites and parasitic diseases, including an image library and a review of recommended diagnostic procedures...Interactive exchanges", etc..."
Diagnosis of Parasites Categories include:
Parasites of the Intestinal Tract;
Blood-borne Parasites;
Parasites Found in Other Sites;
Diagnostic Procedures;
Parasite Image Library; etc..."
For more information see Division of Parasitic Diseases (DPD); National Center for Infectious Diseases or the CDC

Some examples form Diagnosis of Parasites include

Parasites of the Intestinal Tract

Blood-borne Parasites

Parasites Found in Other Sites

Diagnostic Procedures
Diagnostic Procedures includes
Blood Specimes
"...Specimen collection & processing;
Shipment;
Staining;
Microscopic examination;
Molecular diagnosis; etc..."
Serum/Plasma Specimes;
Stool Specimens;
Other Specimens.

PARASITIC DISEASE CASES - Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Multimedia Parasitic Disease Cases (Text & Images).
Includes over "150" Parasitic Disease Cases.
For more information see Identification and Diagnosis of Parasites of Public Health Concern; Division of Parasitic Diseases (DPD); National Center for Infectious Diseases or the CDC

PESTICIDES

Pesticides Databases, Teaching Modules

NAWQA PESTICIDES NATIONAL SYNTHESIS PROJECT - USGS National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program Multimedia Pesticides in Streams, Rivers, and Ground Water of the United States Database (Text & Images).
NAWQA Pesticide National Synthesis Project
"...began in 1991 with the purpose of producing a long-term assessment of the status of and trends in the quality of the Nation's water resources..."

PESTICIDE USE MAPS (U.S.) - G.P. Thelin, USGS National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program, USGS Multimedia Database (Text & Images).
Pesticide Use Maps
"...are based on state-level estimates of pesticide use rates for individual crops, which have been compiled by the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy..."
For more information see Pesticides National Synthesis Project

COMPENDIUM OF PESTICIDE COMMON NAMES - A. Wood, Context Limited, London, U.K. Multimedia Pesticide Database (Text & Images).
Compendium of Pesticide Common Names
"...is intended to provide details of the status of all pesticide common names, together with their systematic chemical names, molecular formulae, structural formulae and Chemical Abstracts Registry Numbers..."
Compendium of Pesticide Common Names includes:
"...Index of all common names (International Organization for Standardization - ISO);
Index of non-ISO common names; Index of new common names;
Index of updated data sheets; Index of IUPAC systematic names;
Index of CAS systematic names; Index of molecular formulae;
Index of CAS Registry Numbers; Pesticide classification;
Simple esters and salts; etc..."

EXTENSION TOXICOLOGY NETWORK (EXTOXNET) Multimedia Pesticide Database (Text & Images).
EXTOXNET is
"...a Pesticide Information Project of Cooperative Extension Offices of Cornell University, Michigan State University, Oregon State University, and University of California at Davis..."

INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF HERBICIDE - RESISTANT WEEDS - Funded and Supported by the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) and the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) Multimedia Weed Database (Text & Images).
International Survery of Herbicide - Resistant Weeds
"...The purpose of this survey is to monitor the evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds and assess their impact throughout the world..."
For more information see Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) or the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA)

PESTICIDE DATABASE - California Department of Pesticide Regulation Multimedia Pesticide Databases (Text & Images). For more information see the California Department of Pesticide Regulation

Examples of Pesticide Databases include

Chemical Ingredients Database

Pesticide Use Database

DPR's Chemical/Product Database

Product/Label Database

PESTICIDE PROPERTIES DATABASE (PPD) - Agriculture Research Service, USDA Multimedia Pesticide Databases (Text & Images).
ARS Pesticide Properties Database (PPD)
"...has been developed to provide water quality modelers and managers a list of the pesticide properties most important for predicting the potentials of pesticides to move into ground and surface waters under a range of weather and soil conditions..."
For more information see Public Databases adn Programs or the Agriculture Research Service

POISONS

Poisons Databases & Teaching Modules

POISONS INFORMATION MONOGRAPHS - IPCS INCHEM, International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) Multimedia Poisons Database (Text & Images).
Each Poison Information Monograph includes:
"...Substance;
Group;
Synonyms;
Main risks and target organs;
Summary of clinical effects;
Diagnosis;
First-aid measures and management principles;
Origin of the substance;
Chemical structure;
Physical properties;
Uses;
Routes of Entry;
Kinetics;
Toxicology;
Toxicological analyses;
Biomedical analyses;
Arterial blood gas analysis;
Haematological analyses;
Clinical Effects; etc..."
For more information see IPCS INCHEM

POISONOUS SNAKES, SPIDERS, MARINE LIFE, PLANTS, ETC.

Poisonous Snakes, Spiders, etc. Teaching Files & Databases

CLINICAL TOXINOLOGY (POISONOUS SNAKES, SPIDERS, SCORPIONS, MARINE LIFE, TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES & INVERTEBRATES, PLANTS & MUSHROOMS WORLD WIDE) - Toxinology Department, Women's & Children's Hospital (WCH), Adelaide, Australia, & the Department of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide (UA), Australia Multimedia Clinical Toxinology Databases & Teaching Modules (Text & Images).
Clinical Toxinology
"...provide information useful to improving outcomes for humans suffering from envenoming or poisoning by animals, plants or mushrooms..."
Clinical Toxinology Subject Categories include:
"...Poisonous Snakes; Spiders & Scorpions; Marine Life;
Terrestrial Vertebrates; Terrestrial Invertebrates;
Poisonous Plants; etc..."
Clinical Toxinology Content for each Species includes:
"...Taxonomy and Description; Distribution; Synomomy;
Venom Research; Clinical Symptoms and Treatment;
Clinical Case Summaries from Literature; First Aid;
Antivenom & Antidotes Manufacturers and Suppliers; etc..."
For more information see the Toxinology Department

Poisonous Snakes Guidelines, Teaching Files & Databases

SNAKE BITE PROTOCOL INDEX - T.M. Davidson, Division of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, UCSD Medical Center, University of California Multimedia First Aid & Medical Management Snake Bite Guidelines (Text & Images).
Includes First Aid & Medical Management Snake Bite Guidelines for:
"...Death Adders; Puff Adders; Gaboon Vipers; Kraits;
Bushmaster; Rattlesnakes; Mambas; Cobras; Taipans; Vipers; etc..."
For more information see Snake Bite Protocol Home Page; Terence M. Davidson's Home Page; Division of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery or the Department of Surgery

POISON INFORMATION CENTER (Informationzentrale gegne Vergiftugen) - Medizinische Einrichtungen der Universität Bonn (Medical Center, University of Bonn), Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Germany) For more information see Med News, Medizinische Einrichtungen der Universität Bonn (Medical Center, University of Bonn)

Examples include (German/Deutsch menu)

Informationen über Pflanzen

Informationen über giftige Tiere

Informationen über Pilze

VENOMDOC - B.G. Fry, Deputy Director, Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia Multimedia Clinical Snake Teaching Modules (Text & Images).
Clinical Snake Teaching Modules Subject Categories include:
Antivenom;
Snake LD50
"...Intramuscular; Intraperitoneal; Intravenous; Subcutaneous..."
Hemotoxinology;
Neurotoxinology
"...Amphibian neurotoxins; Cone Snail neurotoxins; Scorpion neurotoxins;
Snake neurotoxins; Spider neurotoxins; Tetrodotoxin..." etc.

VENOMOUS CREATURES (FLASH & REALPLAYER) - M.J. Stoddary, Arizona Poison & Drug Information Center, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona
Venomous Creatures
"...provides information about some of the Arizona animals whose sting or bite may cause pain or injury to people. Each section tells you more about the animal and what to do if you have an unpleasant encounter with one of them..."
Venomous Creatures Sections include:
"...Bees, Spiders & Other Bugs; Scorpions;
Gila Monsters; Arizona Coral Snake; Rattlesnakes..."
For more information see Arizona Poison & Drug Information Center

POISONOUS PLANTS

Poisonous Plants Teaching Files & Databases

CANADIAN POISONOUS PLANTS INFORMATION SERVICE - D.B. Munro, Biological Resources Division, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture and Agri_Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Multimedia Canadian Poisonous Plants Database (Text & Images).
Canadian Poisonous Plants Database
"...provides details taken from literature references for over 250 plants that can poison livestock, pets and humans in Canada. Its interactive search engine provides information on plant names, distribution, toxic plant parts, toxic chemicals, and symptoms of poisoning..."

HERBAL POISONOUS PLANTS - Author: M. Grieve, Botanical Com Multimedia Herbal Poisonous Plants Database (Text & Images).
Each Plant within the Herbal Poisionous Plants Database includes:
"...Description; Constituents;
Medicinal Action and Uses; Dosage and Preparation;
Poisons and Antidotes; etc..."
For more information see A Modern Herbal, Botanical Com

PLANTS TOXIC TO ANIMALS - M. Williams, Veterinary Medicine Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Multimedia Plants Toxic to Animals Database (Text & Images).
Plants Toxic to Animals Subject Categories include:
"...Plant Entries by Common Names;
Plant Entries by Scientific Names..."
Each Plant Teaching Module includes:
"...Description; Distribution; Conditions of poisoning;
Control; Toxic principle; Clinical signs; etc..."
For more information see the Veterinary Medicine Library or the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

POISONOUS PLANTS - M.C. Smith, D. Brown & T. Stanton, Animal Science, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine Multimedia Poisonous Plants Database & Teaching Modules (Text & Images).
Poisonous Plants Subject Categories include:
"...Alphabetical listing of botanical names by genus and species;
Alphabetical listing of common plant names;
Toxic agents in plants;
Species of animals commonly affected; etc..."
For more information see Animal Science at Cornell University

RADIATION & RADIOACTIVITY

Radiation & Radioactivity Related Centers

FOR RADIATION & RADIOACTIVITY CALCULATORS & APPLETS SEE RADIATION - RADIOACTIVITY CALCULATORS

Radiation Teaching Modules

RADIATION & RADIOACTIVITY - INDEX - University of Michigan Student Chapter of Health Physics Society, University of Michigan Multimedia Introduction to Radiation Teaching Modules (Text & Images).
Examples of Introduction to Radiation Teaching Modules include
"...Basics of Radiation and Radioactivity;
Basic Terminology; History of Radiation Protection;
Non-Ionizing Radiation; etc..."
For more information see Radiation & Health Physics

Radiation & Radioactivity Databases

RADIATION EFFECTS AND ANALYSIS - K.A. LaBel & M. O'Bryan, Radiation Effects and Analysis Group, Radiation Physics Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Multimedia Radiation Effects & Analysis Database (Text & Images).
Radiation Effects & Analysis Database includes
"...Space Radiation Environment; Single Event Effects;
Total Ionizing Dose;
Microelectronics & Photonics Test Bed;
SEU Spaceflight Data Analysis, etc..."
For more information see the Radiation Physics Office or the Goddard Space Flight Center

SHIP SANITATION

Ship Sanitation Databases

VESSEL SANITATION PROGRAM - CDC Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), CDC Multimedia Vessel Sanitation Database (Text & Images).
CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP)
"...protects passenger and crew health by minimizing the risk of gastrointestinal illness aboard cruise ships..."
CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) includes:
"...Search Inspection Scores;
List of recent Inspection Scores (Green Sheet); etc..."
For more information see the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

TROPICAL MEDICINE

Tropical Medicine Teaching Modules & Cases

TROPICAL MEDICINE DISEASES - M.M. Reeder, J.G. Smirniotopoulos, J.H Cross & A.M. Marty, Tropical Medicine: International Registry of Tropical Imaging, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University (USU) Multimedia Tropical Medicine Disease Cases & Tropical Medicine Disease Textbook (Text & Images).
Tropical Medicine Diseases
"...Serves as a worldwide archiving and retrieval source for imaging studies involved in the diagnosis of over 60 parastic and infectious, neoplastic & miscellaneous diseases..."
Each Tropical Medicine Disease includes:
"...Introduction;
Geographic Distribution;
Epidemiology;
Laboratory Diagnosis;
Clinical Characteristics;
Imaging Diagnosis;
Differential Diagnosis; etc..."
Examples of Tropical Medicine Disease Subject Categories include:
"...Major Multi-System Diseases;
Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Diseases;
Chest Diseases;
Cardiovascular Diseases;
Soft Tissue and Bone Diseases;
Neoplastic (Malignant) Diseases; etc..."
For more information see Tropical Medicine: International Registry of Tropical Imaging; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences or the Uniformed Services University (USU)

WATER QUALITY

Water Quality Related Centers

FOR WATER QUALITY ATLASES, CASES, COURSES, DATABASES, JOURNALS, TEXTBOOKS, TUTORIALS, VIDEOS, ETC. SEE THE GEOSCIENCE CENTER: HYDROLOGY/WATER

WASTE TREATMENT: RECYCLED, LANDFILLED, COMBUSTED & COMPOSTED

Solid Waste Treatment Related Centers

FOR SOLID WASTE TREATMENT CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SIMULATIONS SEE THE CALCULATORS CENTER: ENGINEERING - SOLID WASTED ENGINEERING

WASTEWATER TREATMENT

Wastewater Treatment Related Centers

FOR WASTEWATER/WATER TREATMENT CALCULATORS, APPLETS, SIMULATIONS, TEACHING MODULES SEE THE CALCULATORS CENTER: ENGINEERING - WATER/WASTEWATER TREATMENT ENGINEERING

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Emergency Management Teaching Modules

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION EXCHANGE (EPIX) - Centre For Policy Research on Science and Technology (CPROST), Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Multimedia Emergency Management Database (Text and Images).
The purpose of EPIX
"...is to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information among Canadian and international public and private sector organizations about the prevention of, preparation for, recovery from and/or mitigation of risk associated with natural and socio-technological disasters..."

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
"...is one part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, which comprises National Red Cross or Red Crescent Societies, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (the Federation), and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)..."

PUBLIC HEALTH SCHOOLS

Some Examples at Random

BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, U.S.

INSTITUE OF COMMUNITY & PUBLIC HEALTH
BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY, PALESTINE

HEALTH CARE & EPIDEMIOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

INSTITUTT FOR SAMFUNNSMEDISINSKE FAG
UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN, NORWAY

ROLLINS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
EMORY UNIVERSITY, U.S.

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, U.S.

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AUSTRALIA

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, U.S.

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