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• Epidemiology & Biostatistics
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• Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health
• Public and Community Health

Public Health Electronic Reference Works

• BodyWise Handbook: Eating Disorders Information for Middle School Personnel
  [Washington, D.C. : Office on Women’s Health, 2005]
• Building Blocks for Tobacco Control
  Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, c2004.
• A Dictionary of Health Economics - Culyer, A.J.
  Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., c2005.
• Dictionary of Health Insurance and Managed Care - Marcinko, D.E. (ed.)
  New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2006.
• Diseases and Conditions Index
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Encyclopedia of Public Health - Lester Breslow
  New York : Macmillan Reference USA/Gale Group Thomson Learning, 2002.
  Available Electronically or in print: McKeldin Library Reference Stacks RA423 .E53 2002
• The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine
  New York, NY : Facts On File, c2007.
• A Handbook for Action Research in Health and Social Care - Winter, R. & Munn-Giddings, C.
  London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
• Handbook of Aging and Social Sciences - Binstock, R.H. & George, L.K. (eds.)
  Amserdam ; Boston : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, c2006.
• A Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging - Bales, C.W. & Ritchie, C.S.
  Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2004.
• Handbook of Girl's and Women's Psychological Health - Worell, J. & Goodheart, C.D. (eds.)
  New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
• Handbook of Health Communication - Thompson, T.L. et al. (eds.)
  Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c2003.
• A Handbook for the New Health Care Manager - Lombardi, D.N.
  San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2001.
• The Handbook of Patient Safety Compliance: a Practical Guide for Health Care Organizations - Rozovsky, F.A. & Woods, J.R. (eds.)
  San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2005.
• Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging - Berkman, B. (ed.)
  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
• The Handbook of Work and Health Psychology - Schabracq, M.J., Winnubst, J.A.M., & Cooper, C.L. (eds.)
  Chichester, West Sussex, England ; New York : J. Wiley & Sons, c2003.
• The Health & Safety Handbook: a Practical Guide to Health and Safety Law, Management Policies, and Procedures - Stranks, J.
  London : Kogan Page Ltd., 2006.
• Healthcare Reform in America: a Reference Handbook - Kronenfeld, J.J. & Kronenfeld, M.R.
  Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004.
• Healthy Heart Handbook for Women - Sandmaier, M.
  [Bethesda, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2003.
• Homeland Security Handbook - Pinkowski, J. (ed.)
  Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2008.
• Mental Health in America: a Reference Handbook - Kemp, D.R.
  Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2007.
• Public Notification Handbook for Transient Non-Community Water Systems - Environmental Protection Agency Lead Sites Workgroup (LSW).
  [Washington, D.C.] : United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, [2003]
• Superfund Lead-Contaminated Residential Sites Handbook - Office of Water.
  [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, [2007]

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Public Health-Related Student Organizations at UMD

• American Red Cross Club at the University of Maryland College Park
• Global Medical Brigades
• Live Now Campaign
• Marrow for Tomorrow
• Project Sunshine
• Red Terrapins
• Student Health Advisory Committee
• Unite for Sight