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Diseases and Disorders
Links pertaining to Poisoning
 
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Contents:
Arsenic Poisoning - Bites and Stings - Cadmium Poisoning - Chromium Poisoning (not on MeSH) - Dangerous Substances (not on MeSH) - Drug Toxicity - Ergotism - Food Poisoning - Gas Poisoning - Iron Poisoning (not on MeSH) - Lead Poisoning - Manganese Poisoning - Mercury Poisoning - Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - Nickel Poisoning (not on MeSH) - Plant Poisoning - Poisoning - Serotonin Syndrome - Thallium Poisoning (not on MeSH) -


   Poisoning   
   Poisoning Prevention and Management - WHO
   On managing The Poisoned Patient [T Trimble]
   ToxTown , a Toxicology Tutorial , and Toxicology & Environmental Health Information - SIS/NLM (US)
   PubChem - NLM (US)
   Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry - (US)
   Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction - NIH (US)
   The Carcinogenic Potency Database Project - U.C. Berkeley
   A collection of IARC Monographs (Carcinogenic Risks to Humans) - (FR)
   Search the NTP (US Nat'l Toxicology Program) Study Database - NIH
   ToC of Dreisbach's Handbook of Poisoning - via Amazon
   Poison Reference Information - Adam via MedlinePlus, NLM
   Search IPCS INCHEM documents - INCHEM/CCHS (CA)
   Poison Information Monographs (PIMs)
   American Association of Poison Control Centers
   Poison Information Centres in Germany - (DE)
   Online Databases at Columbia Enviro Res C. (US)
   An Antidote chart from the California Poison Control (US)
   Symptoms and Treatment of Specific Poisons - Merck Manual
   Emergency Treatment of Poisoning [J. Moodie] - Univ. of Cape Town (ZA)
   Biological and Chemical Agent Quick Reference Tables - via ECBC (US)
   Medical management of Chemical Casualities Handbook, 1999 - US Army Med Res Institute
   Toxic Release Inventory System, TRIS - EPA (US)
   AOEC Exposure Codes - AOEC
   EXTOXNET [T. Miller] - UC/Davis & Univs. of Oregon, Michigan, Cornell (US)
   Scorecard - about potentially harmful chemicals - Environmental Defense (US)
   Medical Management Guidelines for Acute Chemical Exposures - ATSDR (US)

    Arsenic Poisoning   
    Arsenic Poisoning - BBC, Sep 1999
    The Arsenic Website Project [R Wilson] including various aspects of Chronic Arsenic Poisoning
    About Arsenicosis - WHO
    Arsenic Toxicity - OSHA (US)
    Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh - English Consultant, Toronto (CA)
    About Arsenic Poisoning in Bangladesh - SOS-Arsenic.net

    Bites and Stings   
    Human Bitewounds [RM McNamara] - eMedicine (US)
    Fatal Dog Attacks - via MedicineNet (US)
    About Dog Bites - AVMA (US)
    Preventing Dog Bites and Face laceration, dog bite injuries [M Bermant] - PlasticSurgery-for-You
    Arthropod and Animal Bites [MW Cobb] - WRAMC (US)
    Sean Thomas' Snake Site - (ZA)
    Australia's Venomous Snakes: The Modern Myth [B Bush] - (AU)
    About The Death of Kevin Budden [bitten by a taipan]
    The Natural Toxins Research Center , Texas (US)
    Immediate First Aid for bites by Russell's Viper , and a photo [J Sevcik]
    About Russell's Viper - Chem React Engin/Univ of Michigan (US)
    Picture of a Rattlesnake Bite - via Evenomated.com
    About Rattlesnake and Cobra Envenomations [RL Norris] - eMedicine
    How dangerous are Copperhead snakes? [W Gibbons] - North Carolina Coop. Ext. (US)
    Clinical Toxinology Resources , including the CSL Antivenom Handbook [J White] - Camperdown, Adelaide (AU)
    Snake Bite Protocols [TM Davidson] - UCSD (US)
    Bryan Grieg Fry's Int'l Venom and Toxin Database
    An approximate LD50 table for poisonous african snakes [Thomas and Griessel]
    On the Relative Toxicity of Snake Venoms - Venom Supplies Pty (AU)
    About Rattlesnake antivenin - RxList
    About CroFab [antivenin for some US snakes]
    Bites by Venomous Snakes - Merck Manual 17th Ed.
    First Aid for Venomous Bites and Stings, and more - Australian Venom Research Unit, Melbourne
    Centro Virtual de Toxinologia (Virtual Center of Toxinology) - (BR)
    The Snakes of Europe [GA Boulenger; 1913]
    Snakes of North America
    Destilled Wisdom About Snakebites - from Rec.Backcountry, USENET (US)
    Information about Scorpions - Desert USA
    Photographs of Scorpions - Univ of Nebraska/Entomol.
    About the Black Widow Spider
    A USA Spider Identification Chart - Fumapest Group
    Identifying a Brown Recluse Spider , and its bite - Nebraska EntWeb
    About the Bite of a Brown Recluse Spider [A Nielsen]
    About Brown Recluse Spider Bites [TP Forks] - ABFP Journal, Nov/Dec 2000
    About Hobo Spider Poisoning (Tegenarism) [the D Vest family]
    Brown Recluse and Hobo Spider - Simmons pest management, Inc.
    About the Australian Redback Spider - Queensland Museum Explorer
    About Funnel-web Spiders - Australian Museum Online
    On the White-tailed Spider [H Midgely] - (AU)
    Stingray Envenomations [JL Meade] - eMedicine
    Marine Toxin Diseases - Univ of Miami (US)
    Box Jellyfish Antivenom information - CSL Antivenom Handbook (AU)
    Some Dangerous and Venomous Organisms in Hawaii's Ocean Waters
    Scorpionfish, Lionfish and Stonefish Poisoning [SH Plantz] - eMedicine
    Stinging Seaweed Disease - Hawaii Health Dep't (US)
    Tick Paralysis synopsis - WU-STL
    Bee and Wasp Stings - Univ of California, IPM
    About Bee and Wasp Stings - West Virginia Univ./Agricult.
    Wasp Stings [Mealie and Multz] - eMedicine
    Insect Sting Allergy - ACAAI
    Removing bee stings [Visscher et al.]
    The Structure of the Honey Bee's Sting [DA Cushman]

    Cadmium Poisoning   
    Cadmium Toxicity Profile - ATSDR
    Cadmium Toxicity - OSHA (US)
    Cadmium Safety Data Sheet - ESPI
    Background information on cadmium poisoning in support of a 'fact sheet' for lay adjudicators [J Penney; 1993] - (CA)

   Chromium Poisoning (not on MeSH)
    On Chromium Toxicity - ATSDR (US)
    Hexavalent Chromium Toxicity - OSHA (US)
    On the Ecotoxicity of Chromium - Pesticides Database, PAN

   Nickel Poisoning (not on MeSH)
    Toxicity Profile for Nickel - ATSDR

   Thallium Poisoning (not on MeSH)
    On the Toxicity of Thallium [GP Daubert] - eMedicine
    Thallium Poisoning - Metals in Health and Disease/Student Web Pages (UK)
    Management of Thallium Poisoning [PWI Pau; case report] - HKMJ 2000

    Drug Toxicity   
    Poisoning [slide presentation; I Wilkinson] - Univ of Cambridge (UK) and General Management of Acute Poisoning - Univ of Cambridge (UK)
    Mechanisms of fatal opioid overdose [White and Irvine 1999; abstract] - via PubMed
    Acute Heroin Overdose [KA Sporer] - Annals of Internal Medicine 1999
    On Tardive dyskinesia [DE Casey] - West J Med, 1990, via PubMed Central
    Acetaminophen (APAP, Paracetamol) Overdose - eCureMe
    Paracetamol toxicity - Wikipedia
    Paracetamol poisoning calculator - BNF.org (UK)
    About Suxamethonium chloride , and Pancuronium (bromide) - Wikipedia
    About Serum Sickness [Alissa and Adams] - eMedicine

     Serotonin Syndrome   
     About Serotonin and the Serotoninergic System - The Good Drug Guide
     About Serotonin Syndrome - U.S.Pharmacist
     On Serotonin Syndrome - Utah Poison Control Center
     A discussion about the Serotonin Syndrome - Radio National, Aug 2003 (AU)

    Dangerous Substances (not on MeSH)
     Haz-Map - NLM/NIH (US)
     Search a collection of Toxicity Profiles - ATSDR (US).
     Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets - Dept Health Senior Serv, New Jersey (US)
     Search for Material Safety Data Sheets - JR Macdonald Lab
     HTIS: Hazardous Technical Information Services - Defense Supply Center Richmond (US)
     About Strychnine - CDC
     Summary information about Acrylamide - EPA
     A Material Safety Data Sheet on Acrylamide - Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc.
     On the Carcinogenicity of Acrylamide - IARC 1994 (FR)
     Health Implications of Perchlorate Ingestion - NAP, 2005 (US)
     The Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database/Pathways - Univ of Minnesota (US)
     FPIN: Fragranced Products Information Network
     Sedative-hypnotic Poisoning [J Cooper] - E-medicine
     About Barbiturate [KA Lafferty] and Benzodiazepine Toxicity [R Mantooth] - eMedicine
     Alcohol Poisoning - Mayo Clinic
     Alcohol Poisoning - Intoxikon.com
     Methanol Poisoning Overview - Antizol
     The Haitian Diethylene Glycol Poisoning Tragedy 1995/96 [subscription required; AD Woolf] - JAMA
     Antizol Injection Approved For Ethylene Glycol Poisoning in the UK - Doctor's Guide, Jun '99
     Terpene Poisoning - E-medicine
     Acute Heroin Overdose [KA Sporer] - Ann Int Med, Apr 1999
     Laboratory Safety Material - HHMI (US)
     A Clickable List of EMCI Chemical Records, by Chemical Name - EPA (US)
     The Fiberglas Information Network - (US)
     The PAN Pesticides Database , and an Alphabetical List of Pesticide Chemicals - Pestice Action of North America
     US National Pesticie Information Center
     The National Pesticide Media Database - Virginia (US)
     Pesticide Active Ingredient Profiles - Cornell (US)
     Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisoning - EPA (US)
     A Compendium of Pesticide Common Names
     A Collection of Pesticide Education Resources
     The Risks of Pesticide Poisoning and Understanding the Signs and Symptoms - University of Nebraska-Lincoln (US)
     About Rat Poison - Wikipedia
     About Polychlorinated Biphenyls - ATSDR (US)


    Ergotism   
    Ergotism (St Anthony's Fire) - Wikipedia
    Ignis Sacer / Holy Fire - UCLA (US)
    The Fires of Saint Anthony [SM Aronson]
    On Ergotism and St Anthony's Fire - MedicinNet

    Food Poisoning   
    Food Safety Through the Ages [B Grierson] - ACSH (US)
    Factsheets about Foodborne Diseases - CDC (US)
    Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illness: A Primer for Physicians - via CDC
    Information about Foodborne Illness, Pathogens and Natural Toxins , Pesticides & Chemical Contaminants , and Mushroom toxins - FDA (US)
    Mushroom Poisons and Poisonous Mushrooms - the Puffball, Willamette Valley
    Mushroom Poisoning in Children - FamilyDoctor
    Mushroom Toxicity [ME Cataletto] - e-medicine
    Cytotoxic fungi: an overview [Karlson-Stiber and Persson; abstract only] - via PubMed
    Malathion Medical Research
    The Death Cap [DW Fischer]
    About Cyclopeptide Mushroom Poisoning [A del Mundo] - Univ of Illinois/Chicago (US)
    Mushroom Toxicology - NAMYCO (US)
    About Ciguatera - CDC, and Scombroid Fish Poisoning - eMedicine
    An Advisory Note on Scombroid Poisoning - FDA (US)
    Fish & Fishery Products Hazards & Controls Guide 1996 - FDA (US)
    About (naturally occurring) Marine Toxins - CDC
    About Vibrio vulnificus infections - Bad Bug Book, FDA (US)
    About blow(puffer)fish /Tetraodontidae, "fugu"/ poisoning and tetrodotoxin toxicity - eMedicine
    The Harmful Algae Page - Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
    Information about Pfiesteria - North Carolina Public Health (US)
    On Dioxin and Related Compounds - EPA (US)
    Q&As about Dioxin and Food Safety - Int'l Food Inf. Council Foundation (US)
    About Dioxin - Wikipedia
    About Chloracne and toxic chemicals - DermNet (NZ)
    About the Toxic Oil Syndrome epidemiology - Supercourse Lecture/U of Pittsburgh (US)

    Gas Poisoning   
    What You Need To Know About Natural Gas Detectors - NIDCD (US)
    Carbon Monoxide HQ [DG Penney] - (US)
    About Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - EmergencyNet (US)
    About Carbon Monoxide - HomeSafe.Com, Chicago (US)
    About Hydrogen Cyanide - OSHA (US)
    About Potassium Cyanide - JT Baker
    About Hydrogen Cyanide in Air - Health and Safety Executive (UK)
    Cyanide Poisoning [Leybell et al.] - e-medicine
    About Nitrous Oxide - Entheogens/Erowid (US)
    On the Dangers of Nitrous Oxide
    About some chemical emergencies - CDC (US)
    About the use of Zyklon B at Auschwitz - The Ethical Spectacle
    On CBRNE: Lung-Damaging Agents, Chlorine [Noltkamper and O'Malley] - eMedicine
    On Poison Warfare Gases - EmergencyNet (US)
    Publications on Chemical and Biological Terrorism - CSIS (CA)
    Treatment of Sulphur Mustard Poisoning: A Review [Sugendran et al.] - Defence Sci J, Apr 1998
    About Mustard Gas [R Holland] - Bristol Univ. (UK)
    Medical guidelines for the Management of Contamination with Mustard Agents - CDC (US)
    About the nerve gas Sarin - CDC (US)
    Sarin Poisoning on Tokyo Subway - Wikipedia
    About the VX Gas [C Batki]
    About Pralidoxime - Wikipedia
    The Agent Orange Website - Lewis Publ.
    Agent Orange [J Hardy] - Univ of Bristol (UK)
    Veterans and Agent Orange , Final report, 2003 - NAP
    Organophosphates -Wikipedia
    About Cholinesterases [K Giles]
    Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare links [J Placke]
    Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare, 2007 - Borden Institute (US)
    Fact Sheets about some Chemical Agents - USACHPPM
    Tear Gas: Harassing Agent or Toxic Chemical Weapon? - Physicians for Human Rights (US)
    Report of the Pepper Spray Committee - Civilian Complaint Review Board, NYC, Oct 2000 (US)
    Occupational Safety/Health aspects of Formaldehyde - OSHA (US)
    Material Safety Data Sheet on Formaldehyde - Mallinkcrodt Baker, Inc.
    Formaldehyde in the environment - NSC (US)
    The Legacy Tobacco Documents Library - UCSF (US)
    About Inhalation Injury [Serebrisky, Nazarian and Conolly] - eMedicine
    Dangerous Inhalants - NIDA (US)

    Lead Poisoning   
    Lead Poisoning - NSC (US)
    Protecting Your Family From Lead Poisoning - (US)
    Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program - CDC/NCEH (US)
    On Lead Poisoning Risks and Prevention - New York Dept Health (US)
    Health aspects on Lead - NIOSH
    Herbal Vitamins: Lead Toxicity and Developmental Delay [Moore and Adler] - Pediatrics, Sep 2000
    About Lead in Tableware from the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch - California (US)

   Iron Poisoning (not on MeSH)
    Iron Toxicity, What You Don't Know - Cornell (US)
    Iron Poisoning [DS Lee] - eMedicine

    Manganese Poisoning   
    Toxicological Profile of Manganese - ATSDR (US)
    Neurologic effects of manganese in humans: a review [Levy and Nassetta; abstract only] - Int J Occup Environ Health, 2003, via PubMed
    Metals and Neurodegeneration [P Zatta] - Univ of Padova (IT)
    Iron, Manganese and Parkinson's disease symptoms - via Univ of "Washington, 2003
    WeldingDisease.com (manganese poisoning)
    Death by Potassium Permanganate [A Aggrawal]

    Mercury Poisoning   
    General info about the Properties and Health Effects of Mercury - OSHA (US)
    On Mercury Poisoning - EPA (US)
    Mercury Vapors Are Hazardous - KidSource (US)
    ADA's Statement on Dental Amalgam [revised Apr 2007] - American Dental Association
    On the Amalgam Controversy and Our Decision [personal notes by B Hoffmann], 1996
    Fish tissue criterion for methylmercury to protect human health - EPA (US)
    Epidemiology (Course) of Minamata Disease [poisoning by methylmercury] - Univ of Pittsburgh

    Mycotoxicosis   

     Ergotism   
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    Neurotoxicity Syndromes   

     Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome   
     Brief info about Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - NINDS/NIH (US)
     Aspects of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - Canadian Movement Disorder Group
     The Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Information Service
     About Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome [Tonkonogy and Sholevar] - eMedicine


    Plant Poisoning   
    Guide to Poisonous Plants (in the US) - Colorado State Univ.
    Most commonly ingested plants - KidSource (US)
    Poisonous Plants Home Page - Cornell Univ.
    The Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System [DR Munro]
    Giftpflanzenkompendium [in German]
    Guide to Poisonous and Toxic Plants - US Army C. for Health Promotion & Prev. Medicine
    Index of Poisonous Plants - Botanical.Com
    About Aconite (Blue Rocket, Monkshood, Wolfsbane) - EarthNotes Herb Library
    About Poison Ivy, Sumac and Oak - Am. Acad. of Dermatology (US)
    Garden Plants Poisonous to People - New South Wales (AU)
    About the Toxicity of Cassava - Purdue (US)
    The Cassava Cyanide Diseases ( Konzo , TAN ) Network (CCDN)
    Visual Evoked Potentials in Konzo, a Spastic Paraparesis of Acute Onset in Africa [Mwanza et al.] - Ophthalmologica, Mar 2003
    About Colchicine - Wikipedia
    Some info on Lathyrism from the Third World Medical Research Foundation
    Similarities between Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (TSP) and Neurolathyrism [V Zaninovic]
    Facts about Abrin and about Ricin - CDC
    About Ricin [FL Mirarchi] - eMedicine
    On Castor Bean and Ricin - Animal Science/Cornell University

     Ergotism   
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