Air pollution : a medical dictionary, bibliography, and annotated research guide to Internet references

FORWARD.........................................................................................................................................1 CHAPTER 1. STUDIES ON AIR POLLUTION........................................................................................3 Overview.......................................................................................................................................3 The Combined Health Information Database.................................................................................3 Federally Funded Research on Air Pollution.................................................................................4 E-Journals: PubMed Central.......................................................................................................60 The National Library of Medicine: PubMed................................................................................61 CHAPTER 2. NUTRITION AND AIR POLLUTION............................................................................149 Overview...................................................................................................................................149 Finding Nutrition Studies on Air Pollution..............................................................................149 Federal Resources on Nutrition.................................................................................................151 Additional Web Resources.........................................................................................................152 CHAPTER 3. ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND AIR POLLUTION......................................................153 Overview...................................................................................................................................153 National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine................................................153 Additional Web Resources.........................................................................................................154 General References.....................................................................................................................155 CHAPTER 4. DISSERTATIONS ON AIR POLLUTION........................................................................157 Overview...................................................................................................................................157 Dissertations on Air Pollution...................................................................................................157 Keeping Current........................................................................................................................167 CHAPTER 5. CLINICAL TRIALS AND AIR POLLUTION...................................................................169 Overview...................................................................................................................................169 Recent Trials on Air Pollution...................................................................................................169 Keeping Current on Clinical Trials...........................................................................................170 CHAPTER 6. PATENTS ON AIR POLLUTION...................................................................................173 Overview...................................................................................................................................173 Patents on Air Pollution............................................................................................................173 Patent Applications on Air Pollution........................................................................................213 Keeping Current........................................................................................................................232 CHAPTER 7. BOOKS ON AIR POLLUTION......................................................................................233 Overview...................................................................................................................................233 Book Summaries: Federal Agencies............................................................................................233 Book Summaries: Online Booksellers.........................................................................................234 The National Library of Medicine Book Index...........................................................................246 Chapters on Air Pollution..........................................................................................................247 CHAPTER 8. PERIODICALS AND NEWS ON AIR POLLUTION.........................................................249 Overview...................................................................................................................................249 News Services and Press Releases..............................................................................................249 Academic Periodicals covering Air Pollution............................................................................254 CHAPTER 9. RESEARCHING MEDICATIONS..................................................................................255 Overview...................................................................................................................................255 U.S. Pharmacopeia....................................................................................................................255 Commercial Databases...............................................................................................................256 APPENDIX A. PHYSICIAN RESOURCES..........................................................................................259 Overview...................................................................................................................................259 NIH Guidelines.........................................................................................................................259 NIH Databases..........................................................................................................................261 Other Commercial Databases.....................................................................................................264 APPENDIX B. PATIENT RESOURCES...............................................................................................265 Overview...................................................................................................................................265 viii Contents Patient Guideline Sources..........................................................................................................265 Finding Associations..................................................................................................................272 APPENDIX C. FINDING MEDICAL LIBRARIES................................................................................275 Overview...................................................................................................................................275 Preparation................................................................................................................................275 Finding a Local Medical Library................................................................................................275 Medical Libraries in the U.S. and Canada.................................................................................275 ONLINE GLOSSARIES................................................................................................................281 Online Dictionary Directories...................................................................................................281 AIR POLLUTION DICTIONARY..............................................................................................283 INDEX.............................................................................................................................................343