Environmental & Occupational Health



 
  Environmental & Occupational Health
- Internet Guides
- Internet Sites
- Organizations, Associations, and Agencies
- Consumer Health Information
- Databases
- Dictionaries, Directories, and Encyclopedias
    Environmental Health: controlling or modifying those conditions, influences, or forces surrounding man which relate to promoting, establishing and maintaining health. Environmental Medicine: environmental factors that may impinge upon human disease, and development of methods for the detection, prevention, and control of environmentally related diseases. Scope Note. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), U.S. National Library of Medicine, 1997.

Internet Guides
    
Environmental Safety and Health Information Portal
A directory of websites related to environmental and occupational health.
NIOSH Safety and Health Topics
A major clearinghouse of occupational safety and health information with links to NIOSH publications and other resources.
Osh.Net
An extensive resource guide on many occupational and environmental health topics developed by WorkCare, a national, occupational health-consulting firm.
OSHA Safety and Health Topics
A list of resource guides about occupational safety and health topics. Each guide links to authoritative government information on that topic.
 
 
 
Internet Sites
    
FASTATS: Occupational Health
Statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics.
National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)
A framework to guide occupational safety and health research into the next decade for NIOSH and the entire occupational safety and health community.
 
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Organizations, Associations, and Agencies
    
American Board of Preventive Medicine
The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) is a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties.
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) represents more than 6,000 physicians specializing in the field of occupational and environmental medicine.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental Protection Agency homepage. Provides terrorism related information:
  • EPA Response to September 11, includes monitoring data on air quality around the World Trade Center site
  • Anthrax includes links to workplace safety procedures and decontamination technologies
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
The Society furthers serious consideration of knowledge about the assignment of appropriate functions for humans and machines, whether people serve as operators, maintainers, or users in the system.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury.
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Information about OSHA, regulations, health topics pages, statistics, and news.
The Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians
Information, publications, and links to U.K. occupational medicine resources.
 
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Consumer Health Information
    
MEDLINEplus: Ergonomics
Online health information selected for the public by the National Library of Medicine. Includes news and government information.
MEDLINEplus: Occupational Health
Online health information selected for the public by the National Library of Medicine. Includes news and government information.
MEDLINEplus: Poisoning/Toxicology/Environmental Health
Online health information selected for the public by the National Library of Medicine. Includes news and government information.
Occupational Hazards
Consumer health information from the American Lung Association.
 
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Databases
    
Electronic Library of Construction Safety and Health
Provides a wide range of materials on construction safety and health. The goal is to improve safety and health for construction workers by making such information easier to obtain than in the past.
EnviroText
EnviroText is an on-line searchable library that provides you with easy access to environmental laws, regulations, and guidance as well as Native American Treaties and Constitutions.
National Agriculture Safety Database
NASD is a national central repository of agricultural health, safety, and injury prevention materials for the agricultural community and especially for agricultural safety specialists.
OSHA Regulations
A searchable table of contents of 29 CFR - Standards
TOXNET
This site is compiled by the National Library of Medicine and contains freely available databases of literature and chemical information on the topics of toxicology and environmental health. Links are available to current news and publications, tutorials and chemical information.
 
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Dictionaries, Directories, and Encyclopedias
    
Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (from NIOSH)
This publication documents the criteria and information sources that have been used by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to determine immediately dangerous to life or health concentrations (IDLHs).
International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
ICSC cards summarize essential health and safety information on chemicals for their use at the "shop floor" level by workers and employers in factories, agriculture, construction and other work places.
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
A source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals.
 
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