Online Books/Publications
eBooks for Mobile Devices
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/Books.live/Help/mobile.html
Some of the books available in the NCBI Bookshelf can be downloaded to a handheld device. For that, you will need to download a free version of the MobiPocket Reader. The software works on Palm Powered devices, Pocket PCs, Symbian phones and PCs.
EMF Questions & Answers Booklet - June 2002
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/emfrapid/booklet/home.htm
Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program.
EMF Questions & Answers Booklet - The Basics
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/emfrapid/booklet/basics.htm
This chapter reviews terms you need to know to have a basic understanding of electric and magnetic fields (EMF), compares EMF with other forms of electromagnetic energy, and briefly discusses how such fields may affect us.
Epidemiology for the Uninitiated
BMJ
http://www.bmj.com/epidem/
A free basic textbook in epidemiology. Available from the British Medical Journal.
FDA Drug Safety Newsletter
FDA
http://www.fda.gov/cder/dsn/default.htm
This publication provides postmarketing information to healthcare professionals to enhance communication of new drug safety information, raise awareness of reported adverse events, and stimulate additional adverse event reporting.
Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook
and Natural Toxins Handbook
FDA
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
Also known as the "Bad Bug Book", this handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. It brings together in one place information from the FDA, CDC, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and the National Institutes of Health.
Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health, 2nd ed.
US DHHS
http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/tableofcontents.htm#under
Healthy People 2010 presents a comprehensive, nationwide health promotion and disease prevention agenda. It is designed to serve as a roadmap for improving the health of all people in the United States during the first decade of the 21st century.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_wk.html
The MMWR weekly contains data on specific diseases as reported by state and territorial health departments and reports on infectious and chronic diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries, and intentional and unintentional injuries.
NCBI Bookshelf
NLM
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books&itool=toolbar
In collaboration with authors and publishers, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is adapting biomedical books for the web.
NIH News in Health
NIH
http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/index.htm
The practical health information in The NIH News in Health is based on research conducted either by NIH's own scientists or by our grantees at universities and medical schools around the country.
Material published in The NIH News in Health is not copyrighted. You may use it without permission of the National Institutes of Health.
Open J-Gate
Informatics India
http://www.openj-gate.com/
Open J-Gate provides access to millions of journal articles available online. Open J-Gate is also a database of journal literature, indexed from 3000+ open access journals, with links to full text at Publisher sites.
OSHA Technical Manual - Heat Stress
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_iii/otm_iii_4.html
OSHA's Technical Manual: Heat Stress.
The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century
IOM
http://www.iom.edu/?id=4304&redirect=0
This book reviews the nation's public health capabilities and presents a comprehensive framework for how the government public health agencies, working with multiple partners from the public and private sectors as an intersectoral public health system.