by Colette Hochstein, DMD, MLS, Division of Specialized Information Services, NLM

A new Web page that addresses emergency and disaster preparedness and special populations has been added to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Enviro-Health Links.

“Special Populations: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness” http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/specialpopulationsanddisasters.html provides links to selected Web sites featuring emergency preparedness for special populations. This includes people with disabilities, people with visual or hearing impairments, senior citizens, children, and women. Links to information in languages other than English are also provided.

NLM also offers other Enviro-Health Links on topics such as:

Arsenic: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/arsenicandhumanhealth.html
Biological Warfare: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/biologicalwarfare.html
Chemical Warfare: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/chemicalwarfare.html
Children’s Environmental Health: http://phpartners.org/cehir/sampler.html
Indoor Air Pollution: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/indoorairpollution.html
Lead: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/lead.html
Outdoor Air Pollution: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/outdoorairpollution.html
Pesticide Exposure: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/pesticides.html
NLM Enviro-Health Links: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/envirohealthlinks.html

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