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Monograph Documents the Emergence of Collaborative Relationships Between Medicine and Public Health Professionals
April 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Between 1996 and 1998, the New York Academy of Medicine, New York, oversaw the development of two books on the changing roles and responsibilities of public health and medicine in the 21st century.
Using Biomonitoring and Air Monitoring in a Study at Tulare County to Implement a New California Public Health Law on Exposure to Environmental Toxicants
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: Tulare Count, Calif., residents monitored the air at homes situated near orange groves where the pesticide chlorpyrifos had been used. In addition, urine samples from 34 participants were analyzed for chlorpyrifos metabolite.
James Hotz, MD
February 28, 2002 | Story
In 1990, Dr. Hotz's focus on collaboration led to the creation of another nonprofit organization designed to coordinate public and private health resources, improve community health status, and increase the local availability of health professionals.