Research Guides @ Fordham: Medicine & Health: Public Health

General Public Health

A-Z of Public Health by Glenn Laverack
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] RA423 .L39 2015
ISBN: 9781137426161
New York, NY : Palgrave, 2015
Encyclopedia of Health Communication by Teresa (Teri) L. Thompson (Editor)
Call Number: RA423 .E528 2014
Los Angeles, CA: Sage, 2014.
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Evidence-Based Public Health by Ross C. Brownson
Call Number: RA427.B76 2018
New York, NY: Oxford UP, 2018.
3rd edition
Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Online Resource
Detroit [Michigan] : Gale, Cengage Learning, 2020
Macmillan Health Encyclopedia: Rev ed.
Call Number: RA776 .M174 1999
New York, NY: Macmillan Reference USA, 1999.
Slee's Health Care Terms: 5th ed by Debora A. Slee
Call Number: RA423 .S55 2008
Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett, 2008.

Atlases, Encyclopedias, and Reference Books

World of Microbiology and Immunology by K. Lee Lerner
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] QR9 .W675 2003
[Also an Online Resource]
Detroit : Gale, 2003
Kuby Immunology by Judy Owen; Jenni Punt; Sharon Stranford
Call Number: [LC Stacks] QR181 .K83 2013
New York : W.H. Freeman and Company, 2013
Encyclopedia of Epidemiology by Sarah E. Boslaugh (Editor)
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] RA652 .E533 2008
[Also an Online Resource]
Los Angeles : Sage Publications, 2008
The Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases by Carol Turkington; Bonnie Lee Ashby
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] RC112 .T87 2007
New York : Facts On File, 2007

Open Access Resources

CDC: Health Topics
The Center for Disease Control's page on health topics. Provides fact sheets and general information about diseases and medical conditions to the public.

National Center for Health Statistics
NCHS is part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention; responsible for collecting vital U.S. health statistics.

WHO: Health Topics Resources
From the World Health Organization, an online collection of disease and country data, fact sheets, health indicators, multimedia content, and more.

Fordham University uses the Library of Congress Classification System.

This is not a comprehensive list. For more detailed information, check out the Library of Congress Classification Outline.

Below are some call number ranges for public health:

RA1-1270 Public aspects of medicine

RA421-790.95 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine

RA565-600 Environmental health

RA639-642 Transmission of disease

RA643-645 Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health

RA645.3-645.37 Home health care services

RA645.5-645.9 Emergency medical services

RA648.5-767 Epidemics. Epidemiology. Quarantine. Disinfection

RA771-771.7 Rural health and hygiene. Rural health services

RA773-788 Personal health and hygiene

RA790-790.95 Mental health. Mental illness prevention

RA960-1000.5 Medical centers. Hospitals. Dispensaries

RA1001-1171 Forensic medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine

RA1190-1270 Toxicology. Poisons

Proctor and Hughes' Chemical Hazards of the Workplace: 4th ed by Gloria J. Hathaway
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] RA1215 .P76 1996
New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1996.
Cooper's Toxic Exposures Desk Reference by Andre R. Cooper
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] RA1215 .C66 1997
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Lewis, 1997.
Rapid Guide to Hazardous Chemicals in the Environment by Richard P. Pohanish
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] RA1226 .P64 1997
New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1997.
Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals by Marshall Sittig
Call Number: [RH Stacks] RA1193 .S58
Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Publications, 1981.
Information Resources in Toxicology
Call Number: [RH Oversize Stacks] RA1193.3 .I54 2000
San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2000.
Medical Toxicology: Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Poisoning by Matthew J. Ellenhorn
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] RA1224.5 .E45 1988
New York: Elsevier, 1988

Environmental Health and Science Desk Reference by Frank R. Spellman
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] RA565 .S64 2012
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2012.
Illustrated Dictionary and Resource Directory of Environmental and Occupational Health by Herman Koren
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] RA566 .K59 2005
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2005.
Gale Encyclopedia of Environmental Health by Jacqueline Longe
Online Resource
Farmington Hills, Michigan : Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019