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1. Alaska Census Regional Database [alaska_census_regional_database]
1970-2000 decennial census results by 27 census areas conformed to 2000 Census geography. Dataset consists of 611 variables covering demography, employment, education, income, mobility, and housing.


2. Improved Drinking Water Coverage - Total Population [geodata_1034]
Access to safe drinking water is estimated by the percentage of the population using improved drinking water sources, as described below. Similarly, access to sanitary means of excreta disposal is ...


3. Improved Sanitation Coverage - Total Population [geodata_1029]
Access to safe drinking water is estimated by the percentage of the population using improved drinking water sources, as described below. Similarly, access to sanitary means of excreta disposal is ...


4. GIS Coverage for the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program Retrospective Database for Nutrients in Surface Water: Monitoring Locations [NAWQAHIS]
The retrospective database is a compilation of historical water-quality and ancillary data collected before NAWQA Study Units initiated sampling in 1993. This coverage contains the point locations ...


5. Telespirometry in Antarctic conditions [TELESPIROMETERY_ANTARCTICA]
Respiratory symptoms based on programmable questions. Recorded in Summer at sea level, on the field and inside the base and at CONCORDIA Station on the Plateau. Spirometry is an easy way to evaluate ...


6. Urban PLACE Map, Ireland [Urban_Place]
This data set contains a database of infectious diseases, vaccine uptake, congenital anomalies, population data sets, social classification, unemployment and medical card details. The original photography ...


7. IPY-100 - Polar Field Stations and IPY History: Culture, Heritage, Governance (1882-Present) [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00471]
Field stations have been through one of the most salient and tangible features of IPYs since 1882-83 and through to the coming IPY 2007-08. Field stations, and the scientific expeditions that created ...


8. Diseases of the Respiratory System - Number of Deaths [geodata_0418]
Diseases of the Respiratory System: Effects are generally irritation and reduced lung function with increased incidence of respiratory disease, especially in more susceptible members of the population ...


9. GRADES-QWAD: Quaternary West Antarctic Deglaciations [GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00521]
Current predictions of sea level rise do not correctly quantify contributions from Antarctica. Some sectors of the Antarctic ice sheet are showing considerable rates of change; are these changes a ...


10. Life Expectancy [geodata_0237]
Life expectancy: The average number of years of life expected by a hypothetical cohort of individuals who would be subject during all their lives to the mortality rates of a given period. It is expressed ...


11. The Atlas of Canada - Printed Maps and Scanned Map Archive [Canada_CCRS_NatlAtlasPrMaps]
The Atlas Map Collection provides coverage of the entire Canadian landmass. This collection contains base maps, maps of the National Atlas of Canada, 5th edition and other thematic maps prepared by ...


12. Improved Drinking Water Coverage - Rural Population [geodata_0048]
Access to safe drinking water is estimated by the percentage of the population using improved drinking water sources, as described below. Similarly, access to sanitary means of excreta disposal is ...


13. Improved Drinking Water Coverage - Urban Population [geodata_0032]
Access to safe drinking water is estimated by the percentage of the population using improved drinking water sources, as described below. Similarly, access to sanitary means of excreta disposal is ...


14. Improved Sanitation Coverage - Rural Population [geodata_0028]
Access to safe drinking water is estimated by the percentage of the population using improved drinking water sources, as described below. Similarly, access to sanitary means of excreta disposal is ...


15. Improved Sanitation Coverage - Urban Population [geodata_0052]
Access to safe drinking water is estimated by the percentage of the population using improved drinking water sources, as described below. Similarly, access to sanitary means of excreta disposal is ...


16. Poverty Mapping Project: Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates [CIESIN_SEDAC_PMP_IMR]
The Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates consists of estimates of infant mortality rates for the year 2000. The infant mortality rate for a region or country is defined as the number of children ...


17. Poverty Mapping Project: Global Subnational Prevalence of Child Malnutrition [CIESIN_SEDAC_PMP_GSPCM]
The Global Subnational Prevalence of Child Malnutrition dataset consists of estimates of the percentage of children with weight-for-age z-scores that are more than two standard deviations below the ...


18. 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2002]
The 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) measures overall progress toward environmental sustainability for 142 countries based on environmental systems, stresses, human vulnerability, social ...


19. 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2005]
The 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a measure of overall progress towards environmental sustainability, developed for 146 countries. The index provides a composite profile of national ...


20. Canadian Communities Gallery - Educational Project Showcase [Canada_CCRS_CdnCommAtlas]
The Canadian Communities Gallery (CCGallery) is a service of the Atlas of Canada that provides access to the best and broadest collections of on-line educational ...


21. Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: The Wellbeing of Nations [CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_WELLBEING]
The Wellbeing of Nations portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains a subset of 123 variables assembled from the Wellbeing of Nations, which assesses ...


22. 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2000]
The 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is an exploratory effort to construct an index that measures the ability of a nation's economy to achieve sustainable development, with the ...


23. Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1 [CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11]
The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental ...


24. Potential Health Index Distribution for Senegal (Modelled) from UNEP/GRID-Geneva [GNVd0119_104]
The following list shows the files which are found on the tape by file number, GRID filename, thematic contents and sources: GRID Filename Descri-2tion of Contents Source 01 SENEGAL1 ...


25. Senegal Health Index Map [NBId0165_101]
New-ID: NBI165 The Senegal Health Index documentation File: SENEGAL9.IMG Code: 146002-001 Raster Member The IMG file is in IDRISI format The Senegal preliminary Health Index map is based ...


26. U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Health Program [epa_usmexicoborderhealth]
Rapid industrialization and population growth in the U.S.-Mexico border region, stimulated in part by NAFTA, is requiring a greater need to understand environmental health trends. Like many public ...


27. Storm Events Database [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00510]
Storm Events Database is a web page at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Search the Storm Events Database to find various types of storms recorded in your county; or use other selection criteria ...


28. NWS Weather Fatality, Injury and Damage Statistics [NWS-Weather_Fatalities]
NWS Weather Fatality, Injury and Damage Statistics The U.S. Natural Hazard Statistics provide statistical information on fatalities, injuries and damages caused by weather related hazards. These ...


29. Psychosocial study of human adaptation to living in Antarctica, PSICOANTAR II, Project Number 37, 2002-2004 [CDA_AR_PSIC_PSYCOSOCIAL_PROCESS]
En Espanol: Estudio Psicosocial de los procesos de adaptacion en grupos humanos en Antartida. Este Proyecto a realizarse durante los anos 2002 al 2004, estudia los procesos de adaptacion personal ...


30. U.S. Lightning Archive (DSI-9617) [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00059]
The Lightning Archive contains a chronological listing, by state, of lightning statistics. The reports are provided by the National Weather Service and contain statistics on locations, fatalities, ...


31. Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology/Environmental Teratology Information Center [nlm_dart-emic]   PARENT DIF
DART/ETIC is a bibliographic database on the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET). It covers teratology and other aspects of developmental and reproductive ...


32. Great Lakes National Program [epa_glnp]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maintains the Great Lakes Program which has among other components Human Health, Contaminated Sediments, ecosystem studies, monitoring, lakes, pollution prevention, ...


33. Gulf of Mexico Program [epa_gulfofmexico]
The Gulf of Mexico Program features Gulf Estuary Programs: in Florida, the Tampa Bay National Estuary Program, Sarasota Bay National Estuary Program, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program, Apalachicola ...


34. Human Exposure Database System [epa_heds]
The Human Exposure Database System (HEDS) is an integrated database system that contains chemical measurements, questionnaire responses, documents, and other information related to EPA research studies ...


35. Lake Champlain Basin Program [epa_lakechamplain]
The Lake Champlain Basin Program works in partnership with government agencies from New York, Vermont, and Quebec, private organizations, local communities, and individuals to coordinate and fund ...


36. Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances [cdc_niosh_RTECS]
The Registry of Toxic Effects on Chemical Substances (RTECS) is a comprehensive database of basic toxicity information for over 100,000 chemical substances including: prescription and ...


37. The Influenza Sequence Database [LANL_flu]
The Influenza Sequence Database (ISD) contains all published influenza viral sequences, which have been curated by domain experts to ensure high standards of accuracy and completeness. ISD tools for ...


38. PHLIS Surveillance Data [PHLIS]
The National Salmonella Surveillance System and the National Shigella Surveillance System collect reports of isolates of Salmonella and Shigella from human sources from every state in ...


39. GENE-TOX [nlm_gene-tox]   PARENT DIF
GENE-TOX is a toxicology data file of the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network It is created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and contains genetic ...


40. Storm Data (DSI-3910) [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00139]
Storm Data is the name of a digital data set and a publication available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The digital data set is DSI-3910. Storm Data covers the United States of America. ...


41. Effects of Temperature, Photoperiod and Myxobolus cerebralis Infection on Growth, Reproduction and Survival of Tubifex tubifex Lineages [MSU_19]
Monocultures of lineages III and VI from 2001 San Juan River collections were subjected to infection (0 and 500 myxospores/worm), a range of temperature (5oC, 17oC, and 27oC), and diurnal photoperiod ...


42. U.S. Weather Bureau Technical Paper Series [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00161]
U.S. Weather Bureau Technical Paper Series are historical meteorological papers archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The U.S. Weather Bureau technical paper series ...


43. Arthritis as a Potential Barrier to Physical Activity Among Adults With Heart Disease - United States, 2005 and 2007 [CDC-MMWR_ART]
BRFSS is a state-based, random-digit--dialed telephone survey of the noninstitutionalized U.S. civilian population aged >18 years. Data were collected from the 50 states, District of Columbia (DC), ...


44. Global Population Distribution (1990), Terrestrial Area and Country Name Information on a 1 x 1 Degree Grid Cell Basis, CDIAC/DB1016 [CDIAC_DB1016]
This data base (DB1016) contains gridded (one degree by one degree) information on the world-wide distribution of the population for 1990 and country-specific information on the percentage of the ...


45. Major Marine Ecological Disturbances, Morbidity, Mortality and Disease of Marine Wildlife Species Human Health and Economic Impacts [HEED_UNH]
The HEED (Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions of) Global Change Program, a 3-year effort funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Global Programs ...


46. Modification of the type of dietary fat at an Antarctic station: impact on cardiovascular risk factors [AADC-00086]
This dataset is a record of a nutrition project held on Davis station during the year 1989. The abstract of the report is as follows. Many countries have drawn up dietary guidelines for ...


47. World Food Summit Maps [FAOd0009_148]
A series of 19 maps prepared for the 1996 World Food Summit, depicting national statistics for the following food security indicators: - Chronic undernutrition, Population Growth, Dietary patterns, ...


48. Worldwide Water Resources Data Compiled by the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security [PACIFIC_INSTITUTE_WATERDATA]
The Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security makes data available on worldwide freshwater resources. Tables, charts, and maps describe renewable freshwater supply by ...


49. Expeditioner and family reintegration: Comparing ship-based and air-based personnel movement [ASAC_2562]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2562 See the link below for public details on this project. This project will: 1. Identify factors that promote psychological adaptation and resilience ...


50. Human interaction with the Antarctic environment [ASAC_13]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 13 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project ---- Personnel wintering on the Australian National Antarctic ...


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