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news on pediatric drug safety and research. A free e-mail alerting service is
available.
Toxicology Data Network (including the Hazardous Substances Data
Base) (http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB, National Library
of Medicine) is a reference database of peer-reviewed toxicology information
that may be used in conjunction with local poison centers for information on
toxins, their effects, diagnosis and treatment.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (http://www.nida.nih.gov, National Institutes
of Health) Website contains extensive data, news and resources on substance
abuse for practitioners, researchers and patients.
National Network of Libraries of Medicine (US) and National Network
of Libraries for Health in Canada (http://nnlm.gov/, National Library
of Medicine, http://cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html, National Research
Council Canada) These resources can assist practitioners even in remote areas
to stay abreast of new developments and obtain access to resources. Residents
of the United States, can contact a Regional Medical Library at 1-800-338-
7657, Monday–Friday 8:30 AM–5:30 PM EST; they will provide information
on how to contact libraries in the local area. Residents of Canada may contact
the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) at 1-800-
668-1222.
13.3.4.4 Research Questions
The approach to evidence-based medicine is discussed in Chapter 10. Several core
resources (beyond those discussed here) are available to help clinicians find published
research on specific health topics:
AAP Policy Statements (http://www.aappolicy.org, American Academy of
Pediatrics) contains policy statements and technical reports published and
endorsed by the AAP that are updated every 3 years.
MEDLINE/PubMed (http://www.pubmed.gov, National Library of Medicine)
provides free online search of 15 million citations from 5,000 medical and
research journals. Interface tools allow users to limit searches to age groups,
publication types (systematic reviews, case studies) and therapy/diagnosis/
etiology/prognosis. Free interfaces for mobile computing (http://www.nlm.nih.
gov/mobile/) are available.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention) is available for free online, as e-mail alerts,
newsreader feeds and podcasts.
National Center for Health Statistics (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/) and CDC
WONDER (http://wonder.cdc.gov/) (both from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention) provide direct access to health statistical data from federal
collaborative studies including the National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey (NHANES).