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American Cancer Society

National Home Office:
1599 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30329
(800) 227-2345
Fax: (404) 329-7530
http://www.cancer.org

California Division, Inc.
1710 Webster Street
P.O. Box 2061
Oakland, California 94612
(510) 893-7900 (See telephone book for local chapter)
Fax: (510) 835-8656
(800) ACS-2345
www.cancer.org

The American Cancer Society offers public, health professional and cancer patients education programs and services. It has an extensive database that includes information on cancer sites as well as prevention, early detection, treatment, and rehabilitation options.

American Lung Association

National headquarters:
1740 Broadway
New York, New York 10019
(212) 315-8700

American Lung Association of California:
424 Pendleton Way (State Office)
Oakland, California 94621
(510) 638-5864 (638-LUNG)
Fax: (510) 638-8984

http://www.lungusa.org/

Also, see phone directory for other local associations or dial
(800)-LUNG-USA.

The Lung Association is a voluntary health agency that focuses on education about occupational and environmental causes of lung disease. It also promotes research into causes, treatments, and cures for lung diseases.

Electric and Magnetic Fields Program, California

1515 Clay St., 17th Floor
Oakland, California 94612
(510) 622-4500
http://www.dnai.com/~emf/
E-mail emf@dnai.com.

The overall goal of the Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF) Program of the California Department of Health Services (DHS) is "to foster a rational and just approach in California to the potential hazards of EMF through relevant research, policy analysis, education, and technical assistance."

Cancer Information Service

National Cancer Institute
31 Center Drive MSC2580
Building 31
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2580
(800) 4-CANCER (1 (800)-422-6237)
(800) 332-8615 -- TTY

http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter

Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST
All phone calls are automatically routed to the nearest Cancer Information Service office.

The Cancer Information Service responds to questions about cancer and related diseases, including causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. It provides the latest information on cancer, including occupational cancer; treatment; medical referral, including referrals to low cost clinics; medical consultation; referrals to patient support groups; and materials. Publications are available on request. Spanish-speaking staff are available during daytime hours at some locations. Some of the written materials are also available in Spanish.

National Health Information Clearinghouse (NHIC)

U.S. Public Health Service
P.O. Box 1133, ODPHP
Washington, DC 20013-1133
(800) 336-4797
Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
http://www.health.gov/nhic/

The National Health Information Clearinghouse (NHIC) publishes a series of resource guides, one of which is a listing of selected federal health information clearinghouses and information centers. (NHIC) helps the general public and health professionals locate health information through identification of health information resources and an inquiry and referral system. Health questions are referred to appropriate health resources that, in turn, respond directly to inquirers. Does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or physician referrals.

National Institute of Environmental Health

Division of Extramural Research and Training
P.O. Box 12233 (MD EC-20)
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
(919) 541-7723
Fax: (919) 541-2843
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/

The National Institute of Environmental Health (NIEHS) is the principal federal agency for biomedical research on the effects of chemical, physical, and biological environmental agents on man's health and well-being. Such research is very diverse; it includes but is not limited to: studies of the extent and consequences of exposure of population groups to environmental pollutants; the effects of toxic substances on biochemical processes and body organs; pharmacodynamics of chemical substances in the body; molecular, biochemical, and physiological mechanisms of toxicity of chemical and physical factors; and development and validation of test methods for health hazard assessment of environmental chemicals.

Public Health Library, University of California, Berkeley

42 Warren Hall #7630
University of California
Berkeley, California 94720-7630
(510) 642-2511
Fax: (510) 642-7623
http://lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/

Hours when school is in session are
Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Please call for hours during inter-session

The Public Health Library contains a collection of approximately 80,000 monographs and 2,100 journals to support the research needs of the students, faculty, staff of the University of California Berkeley campus, the personnel of DHS, and the general public.

California Teratogen Information Services

CTIS Pregnancy Risk Information Line
University of California,
San Diego Medical Center
9500 Gilman Drive #0828
La Jolla, CA 92093
website: http://ctispregnancy.org/
Public phone: (800) 532-3749
Administrative line: (619) 294-6419
Service hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

The Teratogen Information Service provides information on the effects of drugs, medications, environmental exposures, infections, etc., on pregnancy to pregnant women and their health care providers by phone, email or fax. (see website) http://ctispregnancy.org/

 

Teratogen Information System

Department of Pediatrics
South Building, Room 207, CHDD
Box 357920
University of Washington
CWDD South Blvd., Room 207
Box 357920
Seattle, WA 98195-7920
(206) 543-2465
FAX: (206) 543-7921
http://depts.washington.edu/~terisweb/

The Teratogen Information System (TERIS) is an automated system for the identification, assessment, storage, and retrieval of published information regarding the teratogenicity of drugs and other environmental agents. The system summarizes 1,000+ agents, including 200 of the most-frequently prescribed drugs. The summaries are derived primarily from information obtained in human investigations, but animal studies are used to amplify and clarify the analysis. Each summary includes a rating of the risk of teratogenic effects in the children of women exposed to the agent under usual conditions during pregnancy. In addition, TERIS provides an updated version of Shepard's Catalog of Teratogenic Agents, which provides information on more than 3,000 agents.

TERIS is designed to assist physicians and other health professionals in counseling pregnant patients who have concerns about possible effects of environmental agents on their developing babies. The agent summaries comprise only part of a comprehensive pregnancy risk evaluation, which must also include obtaining information on the patient's state of health, previous and current pregnancy history, and family history.

TERIS can be used throughout the United States in an on-line version that is accessible by terminal and modem over ordinary telephone lines. TERIS is also available in a hard disk version for industry-standards MS-DOS microcomputers. (For further information contact Janine E. Polifka, Ph.D., at (206) 543-2465).

 
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