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RESOURCE |
DESCRIPTION |
URL |
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ABA Center on Children and the Law |
Some information and many links on child abuse issues. |
http://www.abanet.org/child |
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American Health Line �Statelines� |
State-level health news. |
http://www.apn.com/ahlstate |
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*Annie E. Casey Foundation |
The "Kids Count Data Book" online: plenty of state-specific data. Highly recommended. |
http://www.aecf.org |
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Child Support Enforcement Office |
Information about state child support enforcement offices and their policies. |
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/ACFPrograms/CSE/index.html |
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Children�s Defense Fund |
Mostly used to promote the CDF, there�s a little data. |
http://www.tmn.com/cdf/index.html |
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Council of State Governments |
Consolidation of information related to state governments. Links to individual state government home pages. |
http://www.csg.org |
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Department of Health and Human Services |
Good links. Can be used for practice as well as advocacy. |
http://www.os.dhhs.gov |
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Electronic Policy Network |
Good articles with a liberal bent, but not necessarily targeted toward states. |
http://epn.org |
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Families USA |
Good source on health care issues like Medicaid. For state politics, has articles. Also, subscription service to HandsNet available. |
http://www.handsnet.org |
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Governing Magazine |
Internet version of magazine intended for government officials. May be of some interest. |
http://web.governing.com |
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*Health Care Financing Administration |
Government site that puts up much useful information on Medicaid. |
http://www.hcfa.gov |
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Infospace |
Information about state government, but not always up-to-date. Not as good as Project Vote Smart. |
http://gov.infospace.com |
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Kids Campaigns
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Click on your state in this map to view a list of organizations working for kids .. |
http://kidscampaigns.org/map.html |
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National Assoc. of State Info. Resource Executives: NASIRE StateSearch |
Another list of state-by-state resources on several topics |
http://www.nasire.org/ss/index.html |
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*National Center for Health Statistics |
Good data on health. Broken down by region. Great links to other sites. |
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/index.htm |
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National Conference of State Legislatures |
Links to official state government sites. Has search that turns up relevant NCSL articles. Many of the issues it follows are of interest to pediatricians. |
http://www.ncsl.org |
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
The latest official information on air bags, child restraint systems, etc. |
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov |
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NewPolitics |
Has an "Issues" page with links to groups on all sides of issue on Firearms, Welfare, Health Care, but mostly from national perspective. |
http://www.newpolitics.com |
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*Piper Resources |
A set of links to state and local government agencies, including executive branch agencies. |
http://www.piperinfo.com |
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*Project Vote Smart |
Biographical information on state senators, representatives, and governor. Also political information (e.g. State Constitution) and voting information. Excellent list of links to state government agencies. |
http://www.vote-smart.org |
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State Documents Checklists and Shipping Lists |
List of links to states that have lists of public documents available. |
http://www.law.uiuc.edu/library |
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StateSearch |
Access to state government information. |
http://www.state.ky.us/nasire |
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University of Michigan Documents Center: State and local Government |
Links to state government sites. |
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/state.html |
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Villanova Center for Information and Law Policy |
Links to state government sites. |
http://www.law.vill.edu/State-Agency/index.html |
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Washburn University School of Law StateLaw |
State-by-state links to legal and political sites. |
http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/washlaw/uslaw/statelaw.html |
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RESOURCE |
DESCRIPTION |
URL |
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Centers for Disease Control (CDC) |
CDC Servers provide collections of health-related databases, books, and documents. |
http://www.cdc.gov |
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/mmwr.html |
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Cliniweb |
Maintained by Oregon Health Sciences University, Cliniweb allows access to greater than 4000 medical sites organized by medical subject heading. |
http://www.ohsu.edu/cliniweb |
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
HHS provides a variety of information.
|
http://www.os.dhhs.gov |
|
DoctorNet |
Access to information on how physicians can design their own web sites. |
http://www.doctornet.com |
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Down Syndrome |
This site carries information on articles, essays and organizations on Down Syndrome along with resources for parents. |
http://www.nas.com/downsyn |
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GDB Human Genome Database |
Human genetic databases from Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland). |
http:// www.gdb.org |
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Go to PageOne |
By indicating your medical field of interest (e.g. pediatrics, etc.), you will receive a weekly e-mail listing of every article on that subject appearing in a list of journals (e.g. JAMA, Lancet, etc.). |
http://www.pslgroup.com/PageOne.html |
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HealthFX |
This site "develops and supports custom-tailored Web sites for physicians, physician groups... managed care organizations...and other health care related companies and organizations. Provides marketing and other consulting services. |
http://www.healthfx.com |
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KidsHealth |
Devoted to the health of children and teens. Maintained by various children�s clinics. Offers current info on child development, nutrition, immunizations, lab tests, medical conditions and treatments. |
http://kidshealth.org/nf/ncbc/index.html |
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Donna Kurkul� Bookmarks |
Kirkul is the medial librarian for the library at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. This is a 27 page site full of links to everything -- sophisticated search engines, listserve and newsgroups, reference and library catalogs, medical references A to Z, medical guides to internet, medical education sites, journals, professional library resources, news resources, federal sites, and clinical subject web sites, health statistics sites, etc., etc. Great starting point on a variety of subjects. |
http://pages.map.com/~dkurkul |
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MedAccess |
The AMA�s master file of physicians. |
http://www.medaccess.com |
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MedConnect |
This site carries articles about managed care in addition to a well-frequented discussion group. |
http://www.medconnect.com |
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The Medical List |
Large index of medically-related Internet resources. |
http://www.vifp.monash.edu.au/medical/list.html |
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Medical Matrix |
An index of a wide-variety of medical sites.
|
http://www.kumc.edu/mmatrix |
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MEDLARS |
Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System: Contains over 7 million references dating back to 1966. Updated weekly. |
http://www.nlm.nih.gov |
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MedWeb |
Managed by Emory University, this site lists a variety of health publications and newsletters, including peer-reviewed medical journals and patient-oriented materials. |
http://www.cc.emory.edu/WHSCL/medweb.ejs.html |
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Multimedia Medical Reference Library |
Includes a listing of Internet links arranged by medical specialty.
|
http://www.med-library.com/medlibrary |
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National Center for Health Statistics |
CDC health statistics. Site includes "FEDSTATS" which provides easy access to rich array of statistics and info produced by 70 agencies in US Federal Government. |
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww |
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Data Warehouse |
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/datawh/datawh.htm |
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National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) |
Information about programs offered, clinical research, grant information, publications, and news. |
http://www.ncrr.nih.gov |
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National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine |
Access to online publications and medical information.
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http://www.nas.edu |
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National Health Information Center |
Access to multiple links to health-related information. |
http://nhic-nt.health.org |
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National Institutes of Health |
A wide array of information about NIH: research and training opportunities, upcoming events, press releases, along with access to health information. |
http://www.nih.gov |
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NIH search |
http://search.info.nih.gov |
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National Library of Medicine |
Access to multiple databases, including MEDLINE. |
http://www.nlm.nih.gov |
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National Organization of Physicians Who Care |
Receive information of medically-related advocacy alerts and various publications. |
http://www.pwc.org |
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Neonatology on the Web |
A list of neonatology-related resources. |
http://external.csmc.edu/neonatology |
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The New England Journal of Medicine |
Online version of NEJM |
http://www.nejm.org |
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Office of Minority Health Resource Center |
Provides information on health issues affecting minority populations. |
http://www.omhrc.gov |
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Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man |
Collection of articles focusing on > 8000 genetic conditions and defined syndromes. |
http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim |
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Pediapedia |
Imaging encyclopedia of pediatric wellness and illness. Includes x-rays, MRIs, etc. |
http://indy.radiology.uiowa.edu/Providers/TeachingFiles/PAP/PAPHome.html |
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Pediatric News at Your Desktop |
Provides a free online journal club. Will automatically send you articles if desired. Requires registration for a password which can be done at site or http://www.medconnect.com |
http://www.medconnect.com/finalhtm/pedjc/pedclabout.htm
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Pediatric Points of Interest |
Features longest table of contents in the Web world of pediatrics. Links to all types of resources in pediatrics. |
http://www.med.jhu.edu/peds/neonatology/poi.html |
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PEDINFO Home Page |
Offers links to pediatric resources, including mailing list called PEDINFO. |
http://www.lhl.uab.edu/pedinfo |
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Princeton�s Center for Health Care Strategies |
Information on Managed Care, along with links to several managed care organizations and resources. |
http://www.chcs.org/CHCS/resource.htm |
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Physician�s Online |
Access to medical resources, physician discussions, and links to other sites. |
http://www.po.com |
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
Access to a National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. |
http://www.health.org |
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U.S. Census Bureau |
Statistics and general information from the US Census Bureau. |
http://www.census.gov |
|
RESOURCE |
URL |
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Action on Smoking and Health |
http://www.ash.org |
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Ambulatory Pediatric Association |
http://www.ambpeds.org |
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American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
http://www. aacap.org/web/aacap |
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American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology |
http://med-aapos.bu.edu |
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American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry |
http://www.aapd.org |
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American Academy of Pediatrics |
http://www.aap.org |
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American Association of Public Health Dentistry |
http://jonah.creighton.edu/ASTDD.htm |
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American Board of Pediatrics |
http://www.abp.org |
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American Cancer Society |
http://www.cancer.org |
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American Dietetic Association |
http://www.eatright.org |
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American Heart Association |
http://www.amhrt.org |
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American Lung Association |
http://www.lungusa.org |
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American Medical Association |
http://www.ama-assn.org |
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American Medical Student Association |
http://www.amsa.org |
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American Pediatric Society & Society for Pedi Research |
http://www.aps-spr.org |
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American Psychiatric Association |
http://www.psych.org |
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American Public Health Association |
http://www.apha.org |
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American Red Cross |
http://www.crossnet.org |
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American Society for Internal Medicine |
http://www.asim |
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American Society of Human Genetics |
http://www.faseb.org/genetics/ashg/ashgmenu.htm |
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Association of American Medical Colleges |
http://www.aamc.org |
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Association for the Care of Children�s Health |
http://www.ACCH.org |
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Association of Clinicians for the Underserved |
http://www.clinicians.org |
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Blind Children�s Center |
http://www.blindcntr.org/bcc |
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Canadian Pediatric Society |
http://www.cps.ca |
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Center for Science in the Public Interest |
http://www.cspinet.org |
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Child Advocates |
http://www.childadvocates.org |
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Children�s Action Alliance in Arizona |
http://www.pcslink.com/~caa |
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Children Now |
http://www.dnai.com/~children |
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Children�s Rights Council |
http://www.vix.com/crc |
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Child Welfare League of America |
http://www.cwla.org |
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Children�s Defense Fund |
http://www.childrensdefense.org |
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Coalition for America�s Children |
http://www.usakids.org |
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Committee for Child Abuse Prevention |
http://www.childabuse.org |
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Cable News Network -HEALTH |
http://cnn.com/HEALTH/index.html |
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Drug Free America |
http://www.drugfreeamerica.org |
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Emergency Medical Services for Children |
http://www.ems-c.org |
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Independent Sector |
http://www.indepsec.org |
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Infants In Need |
http://www.iin.org |
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International Food Information Council |
http://www.ificinfo.health.org |
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International Pediatric Association |
http://www.ipa-france.net |
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Internet Nonprofit Center |
http://www.nonprofits.org |
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KidsCampaign (Benton Foundation) |
http://www.kidscampaign.org |
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Maternal and Child Health Bureau |
http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov |
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National Association of Child Advocates |
http://www.childadvocacy.org |
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National Child Rights Alliance |
http://linux.hartford.edu/~jerry/ncra.html |
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National Children�s Advocacy Center |
http://fly.hiwaay.net/~ncacadm |
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National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity |
http://www.ncppa.org/ncppa |
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National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse |
http://www.childabuse.org |
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National Criminal Justice Resource Center (NCJRS) |
http://www.ncjrs.org |
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NCJRS Drugs and crime Web site |
http://www.ncjrs.org/drgswww.htm |
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National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute |
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhlbi/nhlbi.htm |
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National Institute of Dental Research |
http://www.nidr.nih.gov |
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National Organization of Physicians Who Care |
http://www.pwc.org |
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National Urban League |
http://www.nul.org |
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Neonatal Society |
http://neonate.rpms.ac.uk/neosoc/index.htm |
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North American Society of Pediatric GI & Nutrition |
http://www.vtmednet.org/~naspgn |
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Pan American Health Organization |
http://www.paho.org |
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Pediatric AIDS Foundation |
http://www.childrenwithaids.org |
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Physicians for Social Responsibility |
http://www.nucmed.buffalo.edu:8000 |
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Points of Light Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
http://www.pointsoflight.org
http://www.rwjf.org |
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Smart Kids USA, Inc. |
http://www.smartkidsusa.com |
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Society of Critical Care Medicine: Pediatric Section |
http://www.mcw.edu/peds/cc/sccmpeds |
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Society for Pediatric Pathology |
http://path.upmc.edu/spp |
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UNICEF |
http://www.unicef.org |
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United Way of America |
http://www.unitedway.org |
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Urban Institute |
http://www.urban.org |
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Voices for Children |
http://www.voices4children.org |
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World Health Organization |
http://www.who.ch |
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Youth Service America |
http://www.servenet.org |
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Child Health & Development site |
http://www.who.ch/chd/default.htm |
