Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) - CDC(http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm)
The CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System monitors modifiable behaviors that have negative health
consequences. The information is gathered through telephone surveys and can be displayed by category of behavior,
by state, or as a map.
Epidemiology
Virtual Library Page(http://www.epibiostat.ucsf.edu/epidem/epidem.html)
Epidemiology topics from the hospital, computing, molecular, behavioral,
environmental and nutritional perspectives. Also includes links
to government agencies, universities, newsgroups and professional
societies.
Public
Health Resources on the Net(http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/internet.html)
Various resources in the public health arena, organized by the Public
Health Library at the University of California at Berkeley.
Toxins and Disease (http://www.protectingourhealth.org/corethemes/links/2004-0203spreadsheet.htm)
This spreadsheet from the Collaborative on Health and the Environment
summarizes the links between exposure to chemical contaminants
and about 200 human diseases, disorders, or conditions. Classified
according to disease, the web site provides strength of evidence
(limited/conflicting, good or strong) linking the disease with
the toxin(s). The information is based on a review of published
scientific research in environmental medicine and toxicology.
World
Health News(http://www.worldhealthnews.harvard.edu/)
Online news digest published by the Harvard School of Public Health,
offering a combination of original reporting and a digest of news
stories and commentaries on pressing issues in public health from
world-wide newspapers and magazines.
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