The Nuremberg Code is a set of principles for human experimentation set as a result of the Nuremberg trials at the end of the Second World War. Specifically, they were in response to the inhumane Nazi human experimentation carried out during the war.
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The Belmont Report is a report created by the former United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (which was renamed to Health and Human Services) entitled "Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research" and is an important historical document in the field of medical ethics. The report was created on April 18, 1979 and gets its name from the Belmont Conference Center where the document was drafted.
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National Farmworker Health Conference (May 22) - Presentation
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Assessment of Maternal Occupational Pesticide Exposures during Pregnancy and Three Children with Birth Defects: North Carolina, 2004. Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch Division of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, North CarolinaMay 18, 2006
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Find answers to common questions about clinical trials.
On this web page you could find education on Clinical Trials such as: Background, Clinical Trial Phases, Safety, Pre-enrollment Information, Drugs and Placebo, and Your Doctor and the Clinical Trial.
The Mayo Clinic provides useful and up-to-date information and tools regarding clinical trials.
Information about what clinical trials are and the purpose of conducting them.
As the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal was removed from vaccines, and as fewer children received the mumps-measles-rubella vaccine, the rates of autism and related disorders rose among Canadian school children.
Article published in Environmental Health Perspectives, May 2006.
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Abstract of an article published July, 2006 in Pediatrics.
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This article, published in May 2006 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, presents research that demonstrates that if a patient is underweight or does not have a significant weight gain while on therapy the relapse rate of TB is much higher than in well nourished TB patients.easily identified, even in resource-poor settings.
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This NIEHS/EPA/NIOSH study is investigating the effects of environmental, occupational, dietary, and genetic factors on the health of the agricultural population. Over 89,000 individuals are participating in the project. This includes private and commercial pesticide applicators as well as the spouses of these applicators.
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This two-part study examines primary care clinicians' chart documentation and attitudes when confronted by a positive waiting room screen for intimate partner violence (IPV) and concludes that mandatory waiting room screening for IPV does not result in high levels of referral or safety planning by PCPs.
New research shows that hostile marriages slow recovery from wounds.
That’s what some women farmworkers call the fields and orchards in which they face persistent sexual assaults. As if backbreaking work, low wages and pesticide poisoning weren’t enough… (article appeared first in Ms Mazazine's summer online issue)
An essay that appeared in CDC's publication, Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy, January 2005
Editorial about the case for taking public health action on the issue of Type 2 Diabetes.
The CDC Division of STD Prevention developed online STD education modules for clinicians. The Self Study STD Modules for Clinicians offers free CME, CNE, and CEU for each of seven STD topics: chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), vaginitis, herpes simplex virus (HSV) and human papillomavirus (HPV). Each module covers epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and partner services information along with an interactive case study.
This research study showed that immigration status was strongly associated with increased breastfeeding initiation, implying that cultural factors are important in the decision to breastfeed.
A one-stop shop created by the University of Maryland School of Nursing for nurses interested in environmental health.
American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) is a national professional society for physicians committed to disease prevention and health promotion.
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American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - an organization dedicated to promoting and protecting the health of workers through preventive services, clinical care, research, and educational programs.
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Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) includes leaders of state and territorial health agencies. ASTHO helps influence sound national health policy and implement programs and policies to promote health.
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Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) represents more than 20,000 physicians, nurses and health care professionals devoted to nuclear disarmament, violence prevention and environmental health. Hosts envirohealth action which offers environmental health educational and advocacy resources for the health community.
American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) is a professional organization for board-certified medical toxicologists, who play a major role in poison control centers, inpatient and outpatients medical care facilities, medical schools, private industry and government agencies.
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American Public Health Association is the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals in the world.
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National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) serves nearly 3,000 local health departments nationwide through education, information, research and technical assistance.
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The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) has a website geared to health professionals, but useful for the general public. It provides the information that parents and doctors need to know about the environment and children's health from environmental history taking to health impacts - ranging from reproductive to neurobehavioural effects on children.