Public Health

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• Food and Drug Administration
  http://www.fda.gov
  Links to information on food, animal, human drugs, tobacco, cosmetics, biomedical products and services.

• Human Genome Project, National Institute of Health
  http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/index.html
  Topics : Intramural research, Center for Inherited Disease Research, ethical, legal & social implications, policy & public affairs, genomic & genetic resources, glossary of genetic terms.

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Environmental Health Sciences
  http://web.mit.edu/cehs/TEMP/www/index.html
  Intro to the center, faculty, and projects. Compilation of data on cancer and other major causes of death in the U.S. from 1900-1991. Attain a password to access this database as well as the mortality statistics for MA (currently in progress).

• National Association of Physicians for the Environment (NAPE)
  http://www.napenet.org/
  Info on energy efficiency in medicine, the dangers of environmental pollution, UV indexes, educational materials, and news updates. Links to federal agencies and member medical societies.

• National Institute of Health
  http://www.nih.gov/
  Some of the health links: health index to identify institute working on related interests, consumer health info, clinical trials databases, list of clearinghouses, link to National Cancer Institute, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medici

• Science-com internet directory and resource site
  http://www.sciencekomm.at/advice/up2date.html#gensci
  Access (sometimes free) to 148 medical and scientific journals (some sites have full text available) as well as current news.

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  http://www.info.usaid.gov/
  Info about programs (organized by regions) on the environment & population. Links to demographic & health surveys, International Database at the Census Bureau.

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  http://www.info.usaid.gov/pop_health/
  Links to Population, Health and Nutrition Resources on the Web, Conferences, Events and News, Legislation and Policies

• University of South Florida Community & Family Health Information
  http://www.med.usf.edu/~kmbrown/Gen_Health_Info.htm
  Epidemiology resources, global health network, New York Times on the Web-Women's Health, 8 on-line journals including Scientific American & the Journal of the American Medical Association.

• WHO Global Environmental Epidemiology Network (GEENET)
  http://www.who.int/peh/geenet/index.htm
  Database of professionals, abstracts of WHO technical reports, some can be ordered over the internet, news, newletters, & training materials.