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ALL STATISTICAL DATABASES SUBSCRIBED TO BY CU.
List of links to statistical databases
available to CU community through CU
subscriptions.
URL: http://wwwapp.cc.columbia.edu/ldpd/app/rti/results?hl=1&ps=1&sb=1&ss=1&hpp=100000&qt=6&q=&hk=-1&rt=nu
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CU LIST OF NUMERIC DATABASES
Statistical databases subscribed to by Columbia University Libraries
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/resource_type_13.html
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CURRENT INDEX TO STATISTICS (CIS)
CURRENT INDEX TO STATISTICS
(CIS). The Current Index to
Statistics is a bibliographic
index to publications in
statistics and related fields.
The CIS Extended Database (CIS-
ED) includes coverage, in most
cases from 1974 (or first issue
if later) to the present from
selected journals, and selected
books in statistics published
since 1974.
URL: http://query.statindex.org/
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EDS - ELECTRONIC DATA SERVICE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
EDS is CU libraries and ACIS service that
supports CU community in the use of
statistical data sources. It provides
statistical sources, software as well as
offers Reference assistance in using
statistical data,including raw data sets,
GIS, etc. Offers DataGate,the local archive
comprised of ICPSR, Roper, SSEDL, etc. EDS
is physically located at the CU Lehman
Social Sciences Library on the Morningside
Campus.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/
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HSUS ONLINE - HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES
A database format of 'Expanded and revised
edition of:
Historical
statistics of the United States,
colonial times to 1970. Bicentennial ed.
Washington : U.S. Dept. of
Commerce, Bureau of the Census,
1975. "Many [data] series in these
volumes are continued on a regular basis
with periodic updates and
revisions by the agency, group, or
individual responsible for the original
data."--Guide to the Millennial ed.
This database is an online version of the
new five-volume printed edition:
Historical statistics of the United
States : earliest times to the
present' Includes socio-economic
characteristics, demographic data, vital
statistics, etc.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5634151
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INFOSHARE ONLINE
A database of statistics about New York
City.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/3105451.html
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LEXIS NEXIS STATISTICAL
'Provides statistical data from U.S.
government publications from 1973, state
and private sources from 1980, and
international organizations from 1983.'
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?APK8288
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POPLINE
citations and abstracts for publications
related to population, family planning, and
related health issues. Coverage from 1970-
present. Includes international demographic
research.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/popline.html
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POPULATION INDEX
'Population Index is the primary reference
tool to the world's population literature.
It presents an annotated bibliography of
recently published books, journal articles,
working papers, and other materials on
population topics. This website provides a
searchable and browsable database
containing 46,035 abstracts of demographic
literature published in Population Index in
the period 1986-2000.'
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?APH1576
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SOURCEOECD
OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Develoment) offers international economic statistics.
URL: http://taddeo.sourceoecd.org/vl=3293703/cl=69/nw=1/rpsv/cgi-bin/jsearch_oecd_stats
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SPSS TRAINING
SPSS training is available at Teacher's
College. Please, check TC's class schedule
for availability of SPSS classes.
URL: http://devtc4.tc.columbia.edu/workshop/user/overview.php
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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Guides
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ALMANAC OF THE 50 STATES
Information Pubications.
REF HA 214 A455.
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BLACK AMERICANS: A STATISTICAL SOURCEBOOK
REF E185.86 B52.
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HISPANIC AMERICANS: A STATISTICAL SOURCEBOOK
REF E184 S75 H27.
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HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES, COLONIAL TIMES TO 1970
U.S. Bureau of Census.
Ref HA202 Un32.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5018932
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MONTHLY BENEFIT STATISTICS
1982- U.S. DHHS publ.
Serial M Ref STX.
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NEW YORK STATE MUNICIPAL PROFILES
1992-
Ref HA541 N48.
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NEW YORK STATE STATISTICAL YEARBOOK
1970-
Ref HA541 N42.
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SSI RECIPIENTS BY THE STATE AND COUNTY
1991- U.S. DHHS. Social Security Administration.
Serial S Ref STX.
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STATE AND METROPOLITAN AREA DATA BOOK
1991- Incudes population, labor, employment, income, education, crime rates.
Ref HA202 St23.
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STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES
U.S.Department of Commerce.Bureau
of Census 1960- Serial S Latest
in Ref.
Ref HA202 St2.
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STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE WORLD
1994- Gale Research Inc.
Ref HA154 S73.
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STATISTICAL YEARBOOK. ANNUAIRE STATISTIQUE
1951- United Nations. Serial S Latest in Ref.
Ref HA12.5 ST2.
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Directories and Associations
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AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION
1429 Duke St., Alexandria, VA
22314-3402, USA; Voice: 703-
684-1221; Toll-free: 888-231-3473
URL: http://www.amstat.org/
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COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL STATISTICS
URL: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cnstat/
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Internet Guides and Resources
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ADMINISTRATION ON AGING (AOA)
Older Americans Act, the federal
legislation establishing the AoA and
authorizing a range of programs that offer
services and opportunities for older
Americans and their caregivers.
(DHHS). Offers links to
miscellaneous statistics on old
people by various criteria.
URL: http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/statistics.asp
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ADMINISTRATION ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (ACF)
(DHHS). Under Statistics on
Children topic or Data Sheets
category offers miscellaneous
demographical and social
statistics on children and
families
URL: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
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BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (BEA)
Offers Industry and Wealth Data, gross domestic product by industry, provides international, national and regional statistics, etc.
URL: http://www.bea.doc.gov/
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BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS (BJS)
Offers statistics on crime, offenders and victims.
URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS (BLS)
Offers national and international
labor statistics. Includes Safety
and Health
Statistics/Occupational Injury
and Illness Rates.
URL: http://stats.bls.gov/
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CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC)
(DHHS). CDC's concern is
prevention and control of
communicable diseases,
environmental health, etc. Offers
online information in categories:
Travelers' Health, Health Topics
A-Z,
Publicatioins, Software &
Products, Data and Statistics,
etc. Offers links to the WEB
sites of CDC's 11 centers,
institute and offices.
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/
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CHANGING AMERICA: INDICATORS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING BY RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN
Covers trends in U.S. demography
with the emphasis on race and
hispanic origin issues under
Population in PDF format.
URL: http://www.access.gpo.gov/eop/ca/index.html
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CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND
Offers Children in the States
data, other statistical
information, etc.
URL: http://www.childrensdefense.org/
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CHILDSTATS
Offers child and family
statistics. Presents America's
Children: Key National Indicators
of Well-Being (the annual Federal
monitoring report on the status
of the Nation's children), which
includes statistics on population
and family characteristics, etc.
URL: http://childstats.gov/
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COUNTRY HEALTH PROFILES
(Pan American Health
Organization - PAHO). Offers
population, health and
epidemiology statistics as Health
in the Americas publication as
well as Individual country
profiles. Covers all countries of
the Americas. PAHO's country
profile database functions as the
official regional information
source on mortality in the
Americas.
URL: http://www.paho.org/english/country.htm
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CU LIBRARIES (MORNINGSIDE CAMPUS) STATISTICAL SUBJECT GUIDES
List of links to more statistical
resources, compiled by Morningside campus
libraries.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/guides/stats/index.html
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CURRENT POPULATION REPORTS ONLINE
U.S. Census Bureau.
Offers Series:
P20, Population Characteristics
P23, Special Studies
P60, Consumer Income and Poverty
P70, Household Economic Studies
P25, Population Estimates and Projections.
URL: http://www.census.gov/main/www/cprs.html
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CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY
Covers demography and
socioeconomic statistics, etc.
URL: http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/cpsmain.htm
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DATA FERRET
(U.S. Bureau of the Census in
collaboration with the Bureau of
Labor Statistics and other
statistical agencies.) Offers
data from various surveys,
icluding surveys on labor.
URL: http://ferret.bls.census.gov/
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DATA.GOV
"... Data.gov increases the
ability of the public to easily
find, download, and use datasets
that are generated and held by
the Federal Government. Data.gov
provides descriptions of the
Federal datasets (metadata),
information about how to access
the datasets, and tools that
leverage government datasets. The
data catalogs will continue to
grow as datasets are added.
Federal, Executive Branch data
are included in the first version
of Data.gov." "Data.gov includes
searchable catalogs that provide
access to "raw" datasets and
various tools. In the "raw" data
catalog, you may access data in
XML, Text/CSV, KML/KMZ, Feeds,
XLS, or ESRI Shapefile formats.
The catalog of tools links you to
sites that include data mining
and extraction tools and widgets."
URL: http://www.data.gov/
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DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS
DHS Surveys provide large sample data for a
wide range of monitoring and impact
evaluation indicators in the areas of
population, health (including aid/hiv) and
nutrition. Scope: international.
URL: http://www.measuredhs.com/
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DHHS OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION (ASPE)
Under ASPE Policy and Research Topics
select a topic such as: children with
disabilities, children health insurance,
domestic violence, general health
insurance, homelessness, immigrants, teen
pregnancy, working adults with
disabilities, welfare issues, etc.
URL: http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/
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FAMILIES USA FOUNDATION
Families USA is a "national
nonprofit organization dedicated
to the achievement of high-
quality, affordable health and
long-term care for all
Americans." Produces health
policy reports, intends to serve
as a consumer clearinghouse for
information about the health care
system, conducts public
information campaigns on public
health issues, etc. Offers
information including
publications, often created by
contract with other
organizations, on children's
health, children's health
insurance, Medicaid, Medicare,
etc.
URL: http://www.familiesusa.org/
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FEDSTATS (FEDERAL STATISTICS)
Offers statistics produced for
public use by more than 70 U.S.
Federal Government agencies.
Allows to search for statistics
by agency, by program (subject),
by subject alphabetically (A to
Z), by keyword (search the entire
site), by region (county, state,
country approach), provides links
to other sites, etc. Site Map
provided helps easy choice of
search approach. Under Fast Facts
provides links to and allows to
view the full text of Statistical
Abstract of the United States,
State and Metropolitan Area Data
Book, Socioeconomic Status, etc.
Accidents and injuries statistics
can be found in Programs under
Safety Statistics category.
URL: http://www.fedstats.gov/
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FEDSTATS: U.S. FEDEREAL STATISTICAL AGENCIES
Offers links to all federal agencies with statistical programs.
URL: http://www.fedstats.gov/agencies/agencies.html
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HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES
A 'compendium of statistics from over 1000
sources.'
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5634151
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HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES, COLONIAL TIMES TO 1970
U.S. Bureau of Census.
Ref HA202 Un32.
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5018932
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IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION STATISTICS
(INS). Covers immigration to the
United States.
URL: http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/stats/index.html
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INFONATION
(U.N.) InfoNation is an easy-to-
use, two-step database that
allows you to view and compare
the most up-to-date statistical
data for the Member States of the
United Nations. Data for each
country includes demography,
socioeconomic statistics, etc.
URL: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
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KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION
"The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a
non-profit, private operating foundation
focusing on the major health care issues
facing the nation."
Offers evaluation, surveys and statistics
on major health issues - Medicaid,
Medicare, Health Insurance, etc. Offers
comprehensive statistical reports,
e.g. "Medicaid Enrollment in 50 states"
with annual updates, etc.
URL: http://www.kff.org/
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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH (NBER)
Under Publications offers full-
text papers, many of which
contain statistics in various
economic and social areas,
including demographics.. All
papers are searchable by keyword.
URL: http://www.nber.org/
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NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS (NCES)
Offers statistics on education in U.S.
URL: http://nces.ed.gov/
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NATIONAL DATA ARCHIVE ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Child abuse statistics resource.
URL: http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/
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NEW YORK CITY DEPT OF CITY PLANNING
Offers demographic, vital and
socieconomic
statistics for NYC including
stats by community district,
etc.
URL: http://home2.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/census/popdiv.shtml
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NEW YORK STATE DATA CENTER
Offers Census statistics for NYS.
URL: http://www.nylovesbiz.com/nysdc/default.asp
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OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY (ONDCP)
Under Drug Facts and Stats
category offers statistics on
drug abuse. Look for statistics
also under Publications category
and under State and Local
category.
URL: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS (ORES)
Provides ongoing statistical data
and research analyses of the old-
age, survivors, and disability
insurance (OASDI) and
Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) programs.
URL: http://www.ssa.gov/policy/
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STAT-USA
(U.S. Department of Commerce).
Offers State of the Nation
statistics, including economic
indicators like gross domestic
and state product, consumer price
index, real earnings, employment
situation, manufacturing and
industry statistics, monetary
statistics, economic policy, etc.
URL: http://www.stat-usa.gov/
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STATISTICS OF INCOME
(IRS). Produces data files
compiled from tax and information
returns filed with the IRS.
URL: http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/
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U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
(INCLUDES LINKS TO GOVERNMENT
STATISTICAL AGENCIES BY COUNTRY
WORLDWIDE AND U.S. STATE
STATISTICAL SITES BY STATE).
Offers population statistics,
including vital statistics under
related sites.
URL: http://www.census.gov/
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U.S. CENSUS BUREAU: STATISTICAL AGENCIES (INTERNATIONAL)
Offers links to statistical agencies of
governments worldwide.
URL: http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
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U.S. CENSUS BUREAU: U.S. STATE DATA CENTERS
Offers U.S. statistics by state.
URL: http://www.census.gov/sdc/www/
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UNITED NATIONS
Under Economic and Social
Development category offers
important subcategories and
links. Under Humanitarian Affairs
the Land Mines category provides
land mines casualty data by
country, and the ReliefWeb link
offers natural disaster incidence
by country, etc.
URL: http://www.un.org/
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UNITED NATIONS STATISTICS DIVISION
Offers miscellaneous
international indicators and
statistics with links to Internet
statistics sites. Covers
population, demography,
socioeconomic factors, vital
statistics. Presents statistics
on all aspects of World's Women:
demographic, socioeconomic,
labor, education, health, etc.
URL: http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/
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URBAN INSTITUTE
A nonprofit economic and social
policy research organization.
Under Research - By Topic -
Social Welfare offers research
papers on public health and
health insurance. Also offers
assessment of Medicaid and health
insurance trends under Research -
By Topic - Federalism, etc.
URL: http://www.urban.org/
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WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC STATISTICS BRIEFING ROOM (ESBR)
Covers income, employment,
earnings statistics, etc.
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
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WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL STATISTICS BRIEFING ROOM (SSBR)
Coverage includes U.S. and world
demographic statistics.
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html
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WORLD BANK
Offers World Development
Indicators (data includes
demographics), World Development
Reports, Country Data, Data by
Topics, etc. under Data category.
URL: http://www.worldbank.org/
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WORLD STATISTICS
(Information Please Almanac).
World Stats. category offers
statistics including abortions
for selected countries of the
world.
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/
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YOUTH INDICATORS
(NCES). Offers statistics on
youth pregnancies, abortions, etc.
URL: http://nces.ed.gov/help/sitemap.asp
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PARTNERS IN INFORMATION ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE
"Partners in Information Access for the
Public Health Workforce is a collaboration
of U.S. government agencies, public health
organizations, and health sciences
libraries which provides timely, convenient
access to selected public health resources
on the Internet."
Offers links to useful Public Health and
statistical resources in multiple
categories.
The PHPartners offers RSS feed that
would 'keep you
informed about news in public health,
upcoming meetings, and new
public
health online resources.
The PHPartners feed address is
http://phpartners.org/rss_phpartners.xml.
More information on how to subscribe to
PHPartners RSS feeds is
available at
http://phpartners.org/rss_information.html.'
URL: http://phpartners.org/
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