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Haz-Map view detail comment email this

"Occupational toxicology database designed to link jobs to hazardous job tasks which are linked to occupational diseases and their symptoms. It is a relational database of chemicals, jobs and diseases." Search by hazardous agents, diseases, occupations, and symptoms (see More Searches to search by job tasks, processes, symptoms, findings, and more). Many areas browsable. Includes a glossary. From the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/
Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Pollutants & Toxic Substances
Last updated Sep 4, 2002


Heart Healthy Firefighter view detail comment email this

This program is "dedicated to saving America's firefighters and EMS [emergency medical services] personnel from their leading cause of death: heart disease." The website contains health and fitness tools for firefighters, their families, and fire departments, and details about National Firefighter Health Week (held in mid-August). Includes a press releases and a news feed. From the National Volunteer Fire Council.
http://www.healthy-firefighter.org/
Topics: Diseases & Conditions
Last updated Jul 28, 2008


MedlinePlus: Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis view detail comment email this

Fact sheet about the "respiratory disease caused by inhaling coal dust for prolonged periods." Include risk factors, symptoms, treatments, and related information about the condition commonly known as black lung disease. Includes x-ray images. From the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000130.htm
Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Jobs & Work
Last updated Jan 5, 2005




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