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| A database of international, national, and local health promotion information including government publications, surveys, reference documents, research reports, books, journal articles, and resources such as videos, teaching material, software, cassettes, and games. Health related resources for different population groups such as black and minority ethnic groups, special needs individuals, and elderly and young people are available. | |
| Source of information on over 2000 hazardous substances, from acenaphthene to zircomium. Fact sheets for each substance are stored as PDF files and substances are listed by their common names. Users can learn how to identify harmful chemicals, determine exposure, assess health hazards and acquire emergency information. | ||
| Journal of The Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene and the Society of Public Health. Provides international coverage of preventive medicine, epidemiology, social and community medicine. Key areas include child health, communicable disease prevention, health promotion and health service planning. Abstracts and full text available online. | ||
| Factsheet on Escherichia coli, offering information on recent outbreaks of E.coli, questions and answers about the bacteria, and links to related resources. | ||
| Aims to ensure the health and care of animals and plants, improve agricultural productivity, and contribute to the national economy and the public health. | ||
| Full text of the final report of the UK public inquiry into the emergence and identification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and new variant Creutzfeld Jakob Disease (nCJD), and actions taken in response by the British government. | ||
| Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to community nursing. | ||
| Set of documents from the Public Health Laboratory Service providing information and evidence based guidelines on influenza. Includes details and advice on symptoms, epidemics, pandemics, vaccination, anti-viral drugs, avian influenza and human metapneumovirus. Also available are guidelines on the management and use of various treatments of influenza, PHLS publications, news and updates, and epidemiological data. | ||
| Links to public health web sites, mostly in the US. | ||
| Brings together researchers, health service providers, administrators, teachers, and other health workers in a multi disciplinary environment of professional exchange, study, and action. Includes legal, science, practice and policy resources and an index of public health sites covering environmental and occupational health, child health, health services research and related topics. | ||
| Independent health care charity working to improve the health of Londoners by instigating changes in health and social care. Comprises an outline of fund activities in the fields of effective practice, health systems, public health, and community care, a guide to services at the fund library, and a selective listing of national and international events relevant to the work of the fund. | ||
| Reference data about food additives detailing E numbers from E100 to E1520, in addition to those remaining unnumbered such as albumin, rennet, and pepsin. Gives the corresponding names of E substances, their sources, uses, and any known effects they may have on the human body. Available in English and Turkish. | ||
| Collection of material on the life of Dr John Snow, an esteemed figure in the history of public health, epidemiology, and anaesthesiology. Includes a biography of Snow, information about his early years, medical education, and death, together with coverage of 'Snow on Cholera' and 'On the Mode of Communication of Cholera' (1855). | ||
| Promotes both healthier living and the Gourmet lifestyle, with direct links to the Gourmet Connection Electronic magazine, and specialised information for Diabetics. | ||
| Links to UK registered public health and health promotion charities. | ||
| Document outlining the 1996 position statement from IFST, which concludes that 'subject to adequate controls such as exist in the UK, and to informative labelling, irradiation of food is commended as an additional method of of reducing food poisoning and preserving food without detriment to health and with minimal effect on nutritional quality'. | ||
| Association of specialist contractors committed to the safe removal of asbestos and other hazardous materials. | ||
| Project dedicated to compiling a knowledge base describing the genes and intermediary metabolism of the bacterium E. coli. Describes each pathway and bioreaction of E. coli metabolism, and the enzyme that carries out each bioreaction, including its cofactors, activators, inhibitors, and the subunit structure of the enzyme. When known, the genes encoding the subunits of an enzyme will be listed, as well as the map position of a gene on the E. coli chromosome. In addition, the KB describes the chemical compounds involved in each bioreaction, listing synonyms for the compound name, the molecular weight of the compound, and in many cases its chemical structure. | ||
| Protects the population from infection by detecting, diagnosing and monitoring communicable diseases. It provides evidence for action to prevent and control infectious disease threats to individuals and populations. Provides news and statistics (in PDF) on diseases such as Chlamydia, Diphtheria, Malaria, Rubella and Typhus fever. | ||
| Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to public health and epidemiology. | ||
| Official UK government information on BSE, a disease of cattle first identified in 1986. Includes information on public health (the controls put in place by the Government for the protection of consumers from BSE), the measures taken to eradicate BSE and protect animal health, on support to the beef industry, the effects of BSE in the rest of Europe and Europe's response, the science of BSE (details of research), BSE statistics, and MAFF publications. | ||
| Set of links to journals relevant to public health, environmental medicine and hospital management. Some have only subscription information online, others have tables of contents, abstracts or full text. | ||
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