Research Guides @ Fordham: Medicine & Health: Public Health Resources

General Public Health

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Reference Books

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

Societies and Online Resources

Center for Disease Control
A United States federal agency, the leading national public health institute of the United States.
World Health Organization
Working with 194 Member States, across six regions, and from more than 150 offices, WHO staff work to bring better health to people around the world.
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
A non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public and healthcare professionals about the burden, causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases across the lifespan.

National Center for Health Statistics This link opens in a new window
NCHS is part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention; responsible for collecting vital U.S. health statistics.

Library of Congress Call Numbers for Public Health topics:

RA1-1270 Public aspects of medicine

RA1-418.5 - Medicine and the state
RA421-790.95 - Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine
- RA428-428.5 - Public health laboratories, institutes, etc.
- RA440-440.87 - Study and teaching. Research
- RA565-600 - Environmental health; Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply
- RA601-602 - Food and food supply in relation to public health
- RA604-618 - Parks, public baths, public carriers, buildings, etc.
- RA619-637 - Disposal of the dead. Undertaking. Burial. Cremation.
- RA638- Immunity and immunization in relation to public 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
- RA646-648.3 - War and public health
- 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
RA791-954 - Medical geography. Climatology. Meteorology
RA960-1000.5 - Medical centers. Hospitals. Dispensaries. Clinics; Including ambulance service, nursing homes, hospices
RA1001-1171 - Forensic medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine
RA1190-1270 - Toxicology. Poisons

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Reference Books

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

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Reference Books

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