Getting Started
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Environmental Health by
ISBN: 9780470404874Publication Date: 2010-02-08Providing a comprehensive core text on environmental health for both students and practitioners, Environmental Health, Second Edition 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 Toxicants
ISBN: 9780471793359Provides current information and research for performing risk assessments on exposed individuals and populations, giving guidance to public health authorities, primary care physicians, and industrial managers. Reviews current knowledge on human exposure to selected chemical agents and physical factors in the ambient environment. -
Handbook of Hazardous Materials
ISBN: 9780121894108This is a one-volume compendium of hazardous materials that discusses the toxic effects of these materials on human health and the global environment.
Article Databases
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GreenFILEScholarly, government and general-interest titles including content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records.
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PubMedIncludes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
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Web of ScienceProvides access to the Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, and MEDLINE. Search for scholarly articles in any discipline, or for articles that cite a known author or work. Coverage varies.
Federal Data Sources
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TOXNETNLM’s group of searchable databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
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EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)Contains information on health effects that may result from exposure to environmental contaminants.
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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.
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EnvirofactsComprehensive 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?
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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.