title: CDC and ATSDR electronic information resources for health officers.
abstract: This article catalogs some of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) more important information resource offerings, which make public health information accessible via computer and automated telephone systems and on electronic media (diskette and CD-ROM). We review mechanisms for (1) finding and retrieving CDC reports, (2) querying CDC's numeric data files, (3) transmitting surveillance and other data files to CDC, (4) exchanging electronic mail with CDC staff, and (5) disseminating state and local public health information and data by using CDC tools. Each resource is followed with a section on how to obtain access to these resources.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Information Systems Branch, Information Resources Management Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Friede
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: O'Carroll
mesh_terms: D016251:CD-ROM; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009314:National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S.; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012042:Registries; D013685:Telecommunications; D014116:Toxicology; D014481:United States