Research Guides: Public Health: Environmental health

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Annual Review of Public Health
Offers summaries of research in the field of Public Health, including key developments in epidemiology and biostatistics, environmental and occupational health, issues related to social environment and behavior, health services, and public health practice.
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Public Health
Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on public health topics. A good place to begin your research.

Environmental Health
ISBN: 9780470404874
Covers the major issues in the field, including air, surface water, and ground water contamination, food safety, occupational health, radiation, chemical and physical hazards, vector control, and injuries.
Environmental Health: from Global to Local
Provides a broad overview of the topic of environmental health, and how it affects different regions, populations, and professions.
Environmental Toxicants
ISBN: 9780471793359
Provides current information and research for performing risk assessments on exposed individuals and populations.

GreenFILE
An interdisciplinary database covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Excellent resource for finding information on global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
PubMed
Free database of biomedical and related life and behavioral sciences journal articles. Includes MEDLINE index and links to PubMed Central open access articles when available.
Web of Science
Find multidisciplinary scholarly articles (sciences, social sciences, and humanities). Citation searching also allows search for highly cited articles and books.

TOXNET
NLM’s group of searchable databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
Contains information on health effects that may result from exposure to environmental contaminants.
EPA Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO)
The EPA's ECHO website can be used to search for by geographic area, type, or name in order to assess their compliance with environmental regulations. It can also be used to investigate pollution sources and compare state performances.
Envirofacts
Comprehensive portal to find environmental information from general information to something specific to your location. For example, are there any superfund site around you? What kind of facilities are releasing substances regulated by the EPA?
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Search data the NIOSH (part of the CDC) uses in making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.