Diarrhea Health Article

PERIODICALS

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ORGANIZATIONS

American Academy of Emergency Medicine, 611 East Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202. (800) 884-2236. Fax:(414) 276-3349. <http://www.aaem.org>.

American College of Gastroenterology, 4900 B South 31st Street, Arlington VA 22206. (703) 820-7400. Fax: (703) 931-4520. <http://www.acg.gi.org>.

American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, 142 E. Ontario Street, Suite 550, Chicago, IL 60611. 312-587-3709 or 800-521-3709. Fax: 312-587-9951. <http://www.acoep.org>.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333. (404) 639-3534 or (800) 311-3435. <http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no1/brown.htm>. <http://www.cdc.gov/netinfo.htm>.

College of American Pathologists, 325 Waukegan Road, Northfield, IL 60093. (800) 323-4040. <http://www.cap.org>.

Pan American Health Organization, 525 Twenty-third Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. (202)974-3000. Fax:(202)974-3663. <http://www.paho.org>. E-mail: webmaster@paho.org.

World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. +41 (22) 791 4140. Fax: +41 (22) 7914268. <http://www.who.int/gtb>. information@who.org.

OTHER

American Academy of Family Physicians. <http://familydoctor.org/healthfacts/196>.

Boston University: <http://www.bu.edu/cohis/infxns/common/diarrhea/diarrhea.htm>.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. <http://www.cdc.gov/travel/foodwatr.htm>.

National Digestive Diseases Clearinghouse. <http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/diarrhea/diarrhea.htm>.

National Library of Medicine. <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diarrhea.html> and <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003126.htm>.

Quick Care. <http://www.quickcare.org/gast/diarrhea.html>.

Rehydration Project. <http://www.rehydrate.org>.

L. Fleming Fallon, Jr., MD, DrPH