Links to Other Resources

Here are several links to useful or interesting web sites. Any suggestions for other links would be welcome.

Local (Vermont area) Medical Resources

Northwestern Medical Center. A sophisticated modern medical center nestled in the pastoral beauty of northern Vermont.

Northwestern Occupational Health. Offering a full menu of occupational health services. Currently under construction (the website, not the practice!).

Fletcher Allen Health Care. In alliance with the University of Vermont.

University of Vermont College of Medicine.

Medical Websites

Medscape.

IAC. The Immunization Action Coalition. Good information on all immunization issues, including hepatitis B.

Medical Journals and Books

NEJM. The New England Journal of Medicine.

JAMA. The Journal of the American Medical Association.

BMJ. The British Medical Journal.

AJIM. The American Journal of Industrial Medicine.

Clinical Guidelines

HSTAT. Health Services/Technology Assessment Text. A service of the National Library of Medicine.

CMA Infobase. Sponsored by the Canadian Medical Association.

Cochrane Reviews. Search the abstracts.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

NHLBI. Guidelines for cholesterol, asthma, etc.

UCSF Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines Index.

Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services, 2nd Edition, 1998

Risk Score for Cardiovascular Disease, a handy online calculator.

Computers in Medicine

Problem Knowledge Couplers. Point of care tools for medical decision making. The future of health care.

AMIA. American Medical Informatics Association.

Occupational Health, in General

ACOEM. Our specialty society.

Faculty of Occupational Medicine. (United Kingdom)

NIOSH. The NIOSH website.

OSHA. The OSHA website.

Health, Environment, and Work. (United Kingdom)

Transportation Medicine. Dr. Hartenbaum's site.

Duke. The Duke Occupational and Environmental Resources Index.

Toxicology, Teratology, Industrial Hygiene

OTIS. The Organization of Teratology Information Services.

Haz-Map. A relational database of hazardous chemicals and occupational diseases.

SIRI. MSDS and chemical toxicity data.

Specific Medical Tests. Recommended or OSHA required screening based on chemical exposure.

ATSDR. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

National Toxicology Program (NIH). ARC listing of carcinogens, etc.

CCInfo. CHEMINDEX database search.

Chemical and Other Safety Information. Oxford University.

Search Engines

Google. Perhaps the best general purpose Internet search tool?

PubMed. A simple way to do medical literature search.

Fun Stuff

Dilbert.

Q-Fever. Medical humor.

Shakespeare. The complete works, courtesy of MIT.

Motorcycle Daily. Daily bike news.

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