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Consumer and Environmental Health Services |
Information and Resources for Health Care Providers |
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This page provides environmental health resources for physicians, nurses, and other health care providers. If you need additional information on any of these subjects please call our office during business hours (8:30 to 4:30 weekdays) at (609) 584-5367. Consultations, Treatment and Referrals Web-based Training and Case Studies |
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Consultations, Treatment and Referrals |
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| Pediatric |
Mount Sinai Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit: (866) 265-6201 www.mssm.edu/cpm/peds_environ.shtml (For Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units outside of the New York/New Jersey area, please visit the ATSDR at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/natorg/pehsu.html |
| Adult (environmental and occupational exposures) |
UMDNJ-Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School
Environmental and Occupational Health Clinical Center (908) 932-0182 (For other environmental or occupational clinics outside New Jersey, please click here.) |
Web-based Training and Case Studies |
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EnviroDx on the Web |
EnviroDx is a multimedia, case-focused, computer-based learning program on environmental-related diseases. There are currently four case studies, including one pediatric. |
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Case Studies in Environmental Medicine |
The Case Studies in Environmental Medicine are a series of self-instructional publications designed to increase the primary care provider's knowledge of hazardous substances in the environment and to aid in the evaluation of potentially exposed patients. CMEs are available. |
Toxicological information(from summaries to detailed references) |
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Chemical-specific
information and fact sheets |
Toxicological
Profiles: extensive information on over 250 chemicals, with
sections on human health effects by route of exposure, potential for
human exposures, and analytical methods for measurement.
Right-To-Know Fact Sheets: NJDHSS fact sheets developed under the worker's right-to-know ATSDR chemical specific fact sheets: summaries about hazardous substances commonly found at hazardous waste sites. Written in an easy to read format. ATSDR Medical Management guidelines: informational materials to aid healthcare professionals in evaluating symptoms, making diagnoses, and providing treatment relating to human exposure to hazardous substances |
Hazardous Site Investigations and Health Studies |
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Superfund and Other Sites in New Jersey |
For information on NJ sites with public health assessments or consultations |
| Health Studies and Environmental Epidemiology | For epidemiologic studies conducted by the Hazardous Site Health Evaluation Program |
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Health and Hazardous Waste: A Practitioner's Guide to Patients' Environmental Exposures |
A newsletter focusing on one or two contaminated sites in New Jersey and the health implications of exposure to their primary contaminants. |
Other Resources |
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| Resource Guide | Listing of available information on many environmental health issues |
| National Organizations Program | The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's national health professionals partners. |