Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response

Virtual Resource Library

• Health Canada Information Sheets
• News
• Bioterrorism Info & Management
• Agents
• Anthrax
• Botulism
• Classical CJD/Variant CJD
• Plague
• Smallpox
• Tularemia
• West Nile Virus
• Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
• Radionuclear Information
• Media
• Stress/Children
• EPR Training and Services
• Internet Security Protection Services
• Laboratory Security/Research
• Decontamination
• Disaster

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Health Canada Information Sheets

• Anthrax
• Botulism
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Tularemia (Rabbit fever)
• Pharmaceuticals being purchased for the National Emergency Stockpile System (NESS)
• The Plague
• Smallpox
• Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers
• What to do about Suspicious Letters or Packages

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News

• Census shows Canada truly multicultural. CBC News, 22 January 2003 

• Minister McLellan delivers speech on Health Care Reform in Canada, 21 January 2003 

• Solicitation of Public Review and Comment on Research Protocol: A Multicenter Randomized Dose Response Study of the Safety, Clinical and Immune Response of Dryvax (R) Administered to Children
  USA government is seeking public input before it decides whether to let a few dozen toddlers and preschoolers be vaccinated.
  31 October 2002, Office of Public Health and Science and Food and Drug Administration, Health and Human Services, USA

• Speech fom the Throne 2002. Canada's strategic vision. Government of Canada 

• How Healthy are Canadians? 3rd Article: Release of study on the health of the off-reserve aboriginal population for 2000/01. StatsCan 2002 

• Nature: Re. Sustainable Development Summit, Johannesburg 

• Not enough global cooperation against terrorism, warns top expert. CBC 13 August 2002

• J. Oberlander: The US health care system: On a road to nowhere? CMAJ 167:2, 2002 

• P Kiberstis, J Marx : The unstable path to cancer (and several related articles) Science 297: 5581, 543, 2002 

• Congressional review criticizes U.S. intelligence agencies . CBC 17 July 2002 

• Experts say, Canada not prepared for 'dirty bomb'. CBC. 5 July 2002 

• Emergency Interim Orders - Fact Sheets-Health Canada 

• Information from the Government of Canada for Travellers 

• GH Brundtland: "The world is living dangerously". Director General's Address of the 55. Assembly, 2002, 13 May 2002 WHO.

Bioterrorism Info & Health Management

• Office of Public Health Security - Public Health Agency of Canada

• Building on Values: The Future of Health Care in Canada. Romanow Final Report. Government of Canada. 28 November 2002    

• Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) 

• Casadevall A: Passive antibody administration (Immediate Immunity) as a specific defense against biological weapons. Emerg Infect Dis [serial online] 8: 1, 2002 

• Military Med Students Pay Attention During WMD Classes. American Forces Press Service, DoD, 25 June 2002, USA 

• G8 Backs IAEA Role in Countering Terrorism. June Summit Focuses on Terrorism, Development. IAEA, 3 July 2002 

• Library of digital base maps vaccine surveillance, WHO (compressed WinZip files) 

• The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases. International Society for Infectious Diseases, 21 June 2002 

• Rethink anti-bioterrorism plans. Nature 417: 773, 2002 

• Global Alliance for vaccines and immunization 

• Fighting Terrorism. Government of Canada updates 

• FDA amends its regulations to provide for approval of certain new pharmaceutical products based on animal efficacy data. FDA, USA 

• Detailed fact sheets on six Cold War-era chemical and biological warfare tests. Department of Defence, USA 

• Restricting genome data won't stop bioterrorism. Nature 417: 379, 2002 

• Genomics and Global Health- at the G8 Kananaskis Summit in June. BMJ, 4 May 2002, UK

• Genetic Privacy: A war fought on many fronts. Confidentiality and security of personal "genetic threat" information. Advance notice of June/July article. NYAS, 2002, USA

• Jerome P. Kassirer: A medical early warning system.Recent threats to the health of the public from virulent micro-organisms have illustrated blatantly how inept we are at getting critical medical information into the hands of the physicians who need it...Editorial,cmaj v166:9, 2002

• Cyberspace next target, say experts. Director of CSIS and the former FBI Director at conference on Terrorism & Technology in Whistler, B.C. CBC-News, 04-30-2002

• What a former high-ranking Canadian intelligence official told CBS: 60 Minutes, CBS, 28 April 2002 USA

• Government of Canada Information on the Internet: General Emergency Preparedness (Table of contents) 

• Uncertainty ends for US nuclear lab as new leader is named. Nature 417: 577, 2002 

• US postal service puts anthrax detectors to the test.Nature 417: 579 2002 

• Norwalk like Virus (NLV) confirmed a major cause of disease outbreak among British troops in Afghanistan

• Stein L: Creating a bioinformatics nation. Nature v417n6885 119-120, 2002

• Rx for Health Care: From Douglas to Romanow: Health Care Reform in Canada. CMAJ, 14 May 2002

• Public health on the ropes. Editorial, CMAJ, 14 May 2002

• Public Safety Act 2002 Improves Legislative Framework to Fight Terrrorism and Protect Public Safety. Government of Canada, 29 April 2002

• Health Aspects of Biological and Chemical Weapons, also Radiation Accidents, Epidemic Diseases information site. Prepublication of the 2nd edition. Good information on Public Health, Legal; Biological; Toxins; Chemical; Mathematical Theory of Epidemics. WHO January 2002

• Textbook of Military Medicine. Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare. Over 700 pages of textbook info about medical management of cb events. USAMRICD, 1997, USA

• Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook. Extensive topical material, downloadable .pdf files.5th Edition, August 2004. USAMRIID, USA

• Rapid Assessment of Injuries Among Survivors of the Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center --- New York City, September 2001"> MMWR v51n1,1-5, January 11, 2002

• Informative bt and ct site, reference books: Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare.NBC-Med, USA

• Textbook of Military Medicine.Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare, USAMICD, USA

• Good scientific review of relevant principles governing the effectiveness of quarantine and of logistic barriers to its implementation, legal issues and possible adverse consequences - J. Barbera et al: Large-Scale Quarantine Following Biological Terrorism in the United States. JAMA, v286n21; 5 December 2001

• Engineering Issues in Emergency Preparedness for a Terrorist Incident. A new growing field in Emergency Preparedness. Joint Commission Resources, USA

• EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office provides leadership, advocacy, and assistance to: 1) Prevent and prepare for chemical emergencies; 2) Respond to environmental crises; and 3) Inform the public about chemical hazards in their community. Reference website, worth to be looked at. EPA, USA

• The Future Cost of Health Care in Canada, 2000-2020, The Conference Board of Canada, 2001 (Implications of today's spending for the future Public Health Care System)

• Bioterrorism Definition, Impact, Clinical Task (Slide Show) St. Louis Univ.,USA

• bt and ct Products:Comprehensive and detailed listing of bt/ct-related information; i.e. Guidelines for mass fatality attack management involving chemical agents. November 2001, SBCCOM, USA

• Performance & Potential 2001-2002: Charting a Canadian Course in North America. Report looks at how Canada measures up on critical factors and investigates the ramifications of Canada's changing situation in North America,including Health and Science performance.Conference Board of Canada, 2001

• Health Canada's Considerations for Bioterrorism and Public Health before September 2001, CCDR v27n4, 2001

• News on Biological Terrorism and Biosecurity: The Scientist - Volume 15, Number 22, November 12, 2001

• Bioterrorism on the Home Front: A New Challenge for American Medicine. jama, v286n20; 28 Nov 2001

• Emergency Medicine Consensus Report: Bioterrorism Update, American Health Consultants.15 Nov 2001

• Educational Course Material and Schedule: Medical Management of Biological Casualties, USAMRIID, USA

• JP Koplan Building Infrastructure to Protect Public's Health: CDC, USA

• Homeland Security State and Local Resources, with information regarding USA /Canada Border States.

Agents

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Biological weapons used by Japan before and during the Second World War, but won't compensate Chinese citizens who say they are victims, ruled a Tokyo court. CBC News, 27 August 2002 

• Lazarus R et al: Use of automated ambulatory-care encounter records for detection of acute illness clusters, including potential bioterrorism events. Emerg Infect Dis [serial online] 8: 8, 2002 

• Rotz LD et al: Public Health assessment of potential biological terrorism agents. Emerg Infect Dis [serial online] 8: 2, 2002 

• Poliovirus Baked From Scratch. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science Now. 11 July 2002 

• Biological and Chemical Agents Quick Reference Table. Concise cb information.

• Chemical Agent Listing and Information.Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• Agent Fact Sheet Info, Johns Hopkins University, USA

• List of Disease-Related Agents: Agent-Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• Biological Diseases/Agents Listing/ Categories A-C with descriptions. Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, USA

• Overview Slides: National BT, May 2000, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• Health Aspects of Biological & Chemical Weapons: Biological (Anthrax, Smallpox) Chemical Terrorism, WHO

• Guidance on Cumulative Risk Assessment of Pesticide Chemicals That Have a Common Mechanism of Toxicity. Comprehensive EPA Chemicals Reference Guide leading through the process of assessing the chemicals, exposure scenarios, risk characterization and cumulative risks. 14 January 2002, 14 January 2002 EPA, USA

• Environmental Protection Agency Requests National Academy of Sciences Input on Consideration of Certain Human Toxicity Studies; Announces Interim Policy. EPA, USA

• Chemical Safety Information from International Organizations: Concise Chemical Assessment Documents; Country Exposure Limits; ILO/CIS Chemical Database. Very useful.International Chemical Organization.

• International Chemical Safety Cards(ICSC) from A-Z, International Chemical Organization

• International Programme on Chemical Safety: Chemical Incidents and Emergencies site. Risk assessment; Methodology; Harmonization; Food Chemicals; Emerging Issues; Toxicology. WHO

• SLU's School of Public Health site is comprehensive; has helpful information on biological agents; good, updated information, news, and quick references, Saint Louis University, USA

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Anthrax

• Anthrax

• Anthrax Library Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program. Department of Defence, USA 

• Virus deals Anthrax a killer blow. Nature 418: 825- 826, 2002 

• Federal US officials announce anthrax vaccine policy. No.338-02 28 June 2002, Department of Defense, USA 

• Anthrax Research Project. 2002, Oxford University, UK 

• Experimental anthrax antidote: Protection against anthrax toxin by recombinant antibody fragments correlates with antigen affinity. Nature-Biotechnology, 20; 6:597-601, 2002 

• Anthrax Vaccination Policy Reviewed

• US postal service puts anthrax detectors to the test.Nature 417: 579 2002 

• A new mathematical model provides a possible solution to the mystery of how some people in the US were infected with anthrax.Source:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2002;99:7027. Reuters Health, 13 May 2002

• Read TD et al.: Comparative Genome Sequencing for Discovery of Novel Polymorphisms in Bacillus anthracis (Abstract) Science Express OnLine 9 May 2002

• Anthrax, Johns Hopkins University,USA


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• Decision tree imaging choice: Science-Diseases-Infectious Diseases-Bacterial..Diseases- G+ Bacterial - Bacillaceae- Anthrax (right click-go). You will be able to view 13 different images from the CDC Public Health Image Library, USA

• Cutaneous Anthrax pictures (by US-Senator Dr. Frist, transplant surgeon)

• RC Liddington: Anthrax: A molecular full Nelson." The infamous killer Bacillus anthracis would be a harmless, soil-dwelling bacterium were it not for two extra DNA molecules, set apart from its main chromosome...". Nature v415 n6870:373-374, 2002

• Information about Anthrax and Other Biologic Threats Information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Summary of Information on Anthrax Updates from MMWR; Numerous good Anthrax references, pdf files, Facts on Anthrax; Archive of Broadcasts. NEJM Special Notice, 14 December 2001

• CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety & Efficacy: Interim Report. National Academy Press, 2001

• The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology site for self learning "For The Public" about Anthrax. USA

• MK Hart,RA Del Giudice, GW Korch, Jr.:Absence of Mycoplasma Contamination in the Anthrax Vaccine.CDC-EID,v8n1, 2002

• Use of Onsite Technologies for Rapidly Assessing Environmental Bacillus anthracis Contamination on Surfaces in Buildings

• Excellent Clinical Anthrax Presentation, St. Louis University, USA

• DHHS Additional Options for Preventive Treatment For Those Exposed to Inhalational Anthrax: Reference to animal data and traces of live spores in the lungs up to 100 days following exposure, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA.

• Update: Investigation of Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax, Connecticut, 2001

• Emerging Infectious Diseases: Bioterrorism-Related Inhalational Anthrax The First 10 Cases Reported in the United States, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• CL Drum et al: Structural basis for the activation of anthrax adenylyl cyclase exotoxin by calmodulin ."Oedema factor, a calmodulin-activated adenylyl cyclase, is important in the pathogenesis of anthrax...". Nature 415, 6870: 396 - 402, 2002

• Educational images of cutaneous anthrax, Gorgas Lecture, Peru

• Medical and Public Health Management: Anthrax as a Biological Weapon, jama-v281n18, 1999

• Investigation of Anthrax Associated With Intentional Exposure and Interim Public Health Guidelines, jama v286n17, 2001

• Protecting Investigators Performing Environmental Sampling for Bacillus anthracis Personal Protective Equipment, 2-Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• Recognition of Illness Associated With the Intentional Release of a Biologic Agent, MMWR, jama v286n17, 2001

• Evidence for Safety and Efficacy against Inhalational Anthrax: Anthrax Vaccine; JAMA v282n22, 2000

• The Environmental Protection Agency's Response to Anthrax bt. A compilation of information, contingency planning, components, decontamination strategies and personalized tips and guidance documents. (Ref. Regulations, Laws & Economics, No.10, A-21) 15 January 2002, EPA, USA

• Children and Anthrax A Fact Sheet for Clinicians, November 7, 2001, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• Children and Anthrax A Fact Sheet for Parents, November 7, 2001, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• CDC Anthrax Update: Interview with Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, Dir.,CDC; Media Relations, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• MN Swartz: Recognition and Management of Anthrax- An Update, NEJM v345n22:1621, 2001

• Instructive Inhalational Anthrax Pathology, AFIP, USA

• Ron St.John et al: Bioterrorism in Canada: An economic assessment of prevention and postattack response, CJID v12n5,275-84, 2001

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Botulism

• Botulism Reference Service for Canada

• Botulism

• Fact sheet: Botulinum Toxin, Johns Hopkins University, USA

• Medical and Public Health Management: Aerosoled or Foodborne Botulism Toxin as a Biological Weapon.jama.v285n8, 2001

Classical CJD/Variant CJD

• Classical Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)

• Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Variant CJD)

• First Canadian Case of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Variant CJD). Health Canada, August 2002

• Blood Safety and Variant CJD

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Plague

• The Plague

• Fact Sheets: Pneumonic Plague, Center for Disease Control, USA

• Fact Sheets: Plague, Johns Hopkins University, USA

• Basic Laboratory Identification Protocol: Yersinia pestis , Center for Disease Control, USA.

• Distribution, Transmission of Plague: Home Page - CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, USA

• Medical and Public Health Management: Plague as a Biological Weapon, jama, v283n17, 2000

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Smallpox

• Smallpox

• Health Canada solicits information from smallpox manufacturers

• Smallpox simulation containment strategy from the Brookings Institute, USA

• Blood donation by individuals following smallpox vaccination, FDA, USA

• Vaccinia Immune Globulin information, Center for Disease Control, USA 

• Smallpox vaccine overview. Center for Disease Control, USA 

• Dose-Related Effects of Smallpox Vaccines. N Engl J Med 346:1275-1280, 2002 

• Frey SE et.al: Clinical Responses to Undiluted and Diluted Smallpox Vaccine. NEJM 346, 1265-1274 

• Defending against smallpox. Washington Post, 15 July 2002

• Kaplan EH, Craft DL and Wein LM: Emergency response to a smallpox attack: The case for mass vaccination. PNAS, early edition, July 2002 

• CDC defines smallpox vaccination policy. 20 June 2002, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA 

• US reviews smallpox vaccination policy. BMJ 324:1176 2002

• Acting on fears of bioterrorism, the 191 World Health Organization members formally reversed a long-standing order for the destruction of all smallpox virus stocks and recommended they be retained for research into new vaccines or treatment. 19 May 2002, WHO

• Breman JG and Henderson DA: Diagnosis and management of smallpox NEJM v346n17:1300-1308, 2002

• Frey SE et al: Clinical responses to undiluted and diluted smallpox vaccine. NEJM v346n17:1265-1274, 2002

• The case for voluntary smallpox vaccination.NEJM v346n17:1323-1325, 2002 

• Clinical Smallpox Pictures (by US-Senator Dr. Frist, transplant surgeon)

• Excellent clinical smallpox slide presentation.SLU, USA

• Pictures of Pox Viruses from: The Big Picture Book of Viruses: Poxviridae

• Interim Smallpox Response Plan & Guidelines. Detailed description of criteria for implementation of CDC smallpox response plan, notification procedures for suspected smallpox, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• Excellent Clinical Material! Physician Response to Bioterrorism, UCSD, USA

• Smallpox Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• Frequently Asked Questions about Smallpox,Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• Human Monkeypox. jama v279n3, January 1998

• Good Introduction into Pox Genetics, good image: Researchers Launch a Web-Based Resource for Smallpox Research. JAMA 285n7, 2001

• Pox Genomics: Poxvirus Bioinformatics Resource Center

• Medical and Public Health Management: Smallpox as a Biological Weapon. JAMA, v281n22, 1999

• Medline Plus - Medical Encyclopedia - Smallpox

• Excellent Educational Material: Smallpox - Images -Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• Smallpox - Vaccine Images, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• JW LeDuc,PB Jahrling: Strengthening National Preparedness for Smallpox: an Update. EID, v7 n1, 2001

• MI Meltzer, I Damon, JW LeDuc, JD Millar: Modeling Potential Responses to Smallpox as a Bioterrorist Weapon. EID, v7n6, December 2001

• Rosenthal et al. Developing new pox vaccines, CDC - EID v7n6, December 2001

• DA Henderson and Frank Fenner2, Recent Events and Observations Pertaining to Smallpox Virus Destruction in 2002

• WHO Reviews Smallpox Vaccination Guidance

• An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Statement on Smallpox Vaccination ccdr v28 Advisory Committee Statement 1, 15 January 2002

• Agreement between DOD-USA- and DND to develop licenced stockpile of smallpox vaccine. 27 March 2002

Tularemia

• Tularemia (Rabbit fever)

• Tularemia, United States 1990-2000, MMWR 51: 9, 182-184, 2002 

• Tularemia as a Biological Weapon: Medical and Public Health Management. JAMA 281: 18, 1735-1745,1999 

• Facts about Tularemia, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• Tularemia, Johns Hopkins University, USA

• Tularemia Outbreak R Reintjes et al: Investigation in Kosovo: Case Control and Environmental Studies. About a large outbreak of tularemia occurred in Kosovo in the early postwar period, 1999-2000. Epidemiologic and environmental investigations. CDC-EID v8n1, January 2002

• Public Health information: the Institute of Public Health (IPH), Pristina, has reported 282 suspected cases of tularemia since the outbreak began on 1 November 2001. Fifty-nine of these cases have been laboratory confirmed. International Disease outbreak News, 17 January 2002, WHO

• Basic Laboratory Identification Protocol: Francisella Tularensis, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

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West Nile Virus

• West Nile virus updates. Health Canada, 2002

• West Nile Virus Infection in Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion Recipients. WNV Investigation Update. CDC, USA 

• Facts on West Nile Virus 

• West Nile claims four lives in Louisiana. Globe and Mail, p. A5, 2 August 2002 

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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

• Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers

• Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons. Medical and Public Health Management. JAMA v287n18: 2391-2405, 15 May 2002

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Radionuclear Information

• The Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan - Health Canada

• In the shadow of nuclear catastrophe in Russia. Globe and Mail, 12 August 2002 

• Developing UK policy for the management of radioactive waste, The Royal Society, May 2002, UK 

• Nuclear Emergency preparedness and response 

• Nuclear emergency response 

• Assessment of accidents involving radiation sources 

• Guidelines for Iodine Prophylaxis following Nuclear Accidents, Update 1999. World Health Organization, Geneva 

• Facts: An increased number of radiation-related thyroid cancers is now evident. IAEA, Austria 

• Nuclear agency downplays risks over lost items  

• Depleted uranium: A study of its uses in the UK and disposal issues. J. Radiol. Prot. 22: 99, 2002 

• Depleted Uranium Report from the Health Council of the Netherlands. J. Radiol. Prot. 22: 100-101, 2002 

• Entry into force of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management. J. Radiol. Prot. 22: 105-106, 2002 

• Depleted Uranium Information Page. Department of Defence, USA 

• Depleted Uranium Munitions Suspension and Study Act of 2001 (Introduced in House). HR 3155 IH; 107th Congress, USA 

• CERRIE, the Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters. June 2002, Government, UK 

• Nuclear attack threat real, U.S. Senator Schumer says. Globe & Mail, 14 May 2002

• The health hazards of depleted uranium: Summary of the combined reports I and II, Royal Society, March 2002, UK

• Basics of Radiation. Definition-Types of radiation exposures- Detection- Measurement-Managing radiation emergencies. Radiation Emergency Assistance Center, Government, USA

  
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• Guidance for Radiation Accident Measurement. Radiation Emergency Assistance Center, Government, USA

• Health Canada introduces online reporting of radiation exposure. cmaj, v166 n4:494. 19 February 2002

• Nuclear, biological, and chemical decontamination. Joint Commission Perspectives. Joint Commission Resources is a subsidiary of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. JCR v21n12, December 2001 USA

• Protection of children and adults against Thyroid cancer in case of nuclear accident,10/12/01, FDA Guidance, USA

• Exposure of the American People to Iodine-131 from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests Review of the National Cancer Institute Report and Public Health Implications Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure Board on Health Care Services Institute of Medicine, and Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests Board on Radiation Effects Research Commission on Life Sciences National Research Council,1999 , USA

• CBC Disclosure Program on health effects of depleted uranium over the past 18 months. (Access via "Watch the segment go" arrow.), CBC, 3rd episode, 27 November 2001

• Information regarding nuclear reduction, nonproliferation, WMD, and chemical and biological weapons and publications. Bonn University, Germany

• Radio-nuclear bt issues: Depleted Uranium Environmental and Medical Surveillance in the Balkans. Unclassified Information Paper incl.European Reports, 25 October 2001, Department of Defense, USA

• Radiation Safety, Training, Accidents, UCSD, USA

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Media

• Communicating in a Crisis: Risk Communication Guidelines for Public Officials. Department of Health and Human Services, USA  

• Guidelines on science and health communication 

• Canada Communicable Disease Report

• Entry-PubMed, NLM, DHHS, USA

• International Electronic Library related to Epidemiology.Under "Canada" the following organizations: Health Canada: The Canadian Health Network The British Columbia Cancer Agency Epidemiology Unit, Manitoba Department of Health The Wellesley Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Division . UCSF, USA

• New England Journal of Medicine: Special Notice

• Johns Hopkins University - biodefense site, including 'Dark Winter' bt exercise. JHU

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Stress/Children

• Office of Emergency Response Services - Public Health Agency of Canada

• Prezant DJ et.al: Cough and Bronchial Responsiveness in Firefighters at the World Trade Center Site. NEJM, 347,11:806-815, 2002 

• Schuster et al.Post-traumatic Stress Reactions. NEJM 345 (20) 1507, 15 Nov 2001

• Helping Children Handle Disaster-Related Anxiety - Media Awareness Network

• Disaster Response; Helping Children and Adolescents after a Disaster.Overview.September 2001, AACAP, USA

• Children and Grief: Facts for Families #8, 2004. AACAP, USA

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Facts for Families #70. AACAP, USA

• Helping Children After a Disaster; Facts For Families # 36. 2000 AACAP, USA

• Children and the News; Facts For Families # 67. 1998, AACAP, USA

• News roundup:New York debriefing is "a waste of time". According to the NEJM Current Concepts: Sleep Disturbances in the Wake of Traumatic Events. Lavie P.; NEJM 2001, Dec 20, 2001;345;1825-32)"... people who have endured serious psychological trauma may not recover faster if forced to relive their memories. " says Judy Siegel-Itzkovich. 5 January 2002, BMJ 2002;324:10

• Terrorism & Children - Deployment Link, OSD, Military, USA

• Delivering Safe Health Care (Patients' Rights). BMJ v323:585-586, 15 September 2001

EPR Training and Services

• The Office of Emergency Response Services website and linkages to other sites in the Public Health Agency of Canada

• The Canadian Conference on Counter-Terrorism and Public Health

• Internet Bioterrorism Education, JAMA 287: 19, 2002

• Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response: Training-BT National Training Plan, Center for Disease Control, USA

• Preparedness, Planning, Networking Information: Training, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• Public Health Training Network, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

• Introduction Page to Education, Training, Emergency Preparedness Management Consultants (ERMC), USA

• EP-Masterplanning, ERMC, USA

• NLTN-Training Resources: National Laboratory Training Network (NLTN), Center for Disease Control, USA

• Public Health Training Network site, CDC, USA

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Internet Security Protection Services

• Canadian Association of Internet Providers Information Brochure 

• Government of Canada's client service and satisfaction through Internet electronic mail guide

• Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial e-mail (Canada), a general source of information and advice 

• Current scam information, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) 

• National Consumers League information on Internet and telemarketing fraud. USA 

• Website for the FBI's Internet Fraud Center. USA 

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Laboratory Security/Research

• Office of Laboratory Security - Public Health Agency of Canada

• What to do about Suspicious Letters or Packages

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Laboratories Directorate - Biohazard Containment and Safety

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Main Page of the Plant Biosafety Office

• Guidelines for the safe transport of infectious substances and diagnostic specimens,'97 WHO

• Pertinent Lab-related sites, incl. US Packaging Protocols for Biological Agents/Diseases, Center for Disease Control, USA

• Edna B. Prophet, Bob Mills, Jacquelyn B. Arrington, Leslie H. Sobin, M.D.: AFIP Laboratory Methods in Histotechnology: for daily laboratory use; with vivid color photographs, descriptive line art and detailed special staining techniques, histotechnologists to achieve the highest quality preparations. Armed Forces Institute for Pathology-1992

• Notice to Readers: Use of Onsite Technologies for Rapidly Assessing Environmental Bacillus anthracis Contamination on Surfaces in Buildings. Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. MMWR v50,n48,7 December 2001

• European Collection of Cell Cultures, Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, UK

• Shipping of Infectious Substances, biological products: Saf-T-Pak Inc. - Home, Edmonton, AB, Ca

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Decontamination

• Approval of Self-contained breathing respirators for emergency workers in terrorist attacks. New program to approve self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) for use by fire fighters and other first responders after terrorist attacks. NIOSH, Center for Disease Control, USA

• Remediation Strategies and Technologies of soil, ground water air etc. EPA, USA

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Disaster

• Learning from Disasters: Weapons of Mass Destruction Preparedness Through Worker Training National Institutes for Environmental Health Sciences. 23 August 2002 

• WHO - Health Topics - Dept. for Emergency and Humanitarian Actions: See Myths and Realities in Disaster Situations . WHO, Geneva, CH