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Journal of Rural Health - Excellent research journal. This is not indexed on Medline, but is on CINAHL to which most librarians have access. http://www.nrharural.org/pagefile/journal.html
Publications List Office of Rural Health Policy http://www.ask.hrsa.gov/OrgAndPubSearchResults.cfm?type=keyword&keywordselect=602
National Rural Health Association - A national membership organization whose mission is to improve the health and health care or rural Americans and to provide leadership on rural issues through advocacy, communications, education and research. http://www.NRHArural.org/
Publications & Resources http://www.NRHArural.org/pagefile/pubs.html
Journal Club on the Web: an interactive medical literature review. http://www.webcom.com/mjljweb/jrnlclb/index.html
What is NIOSHTIC - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nioshtic.html

Suggested Reading Material

James PA. "Agromedicine: What's in a Name?" Journal Of Agromedicine; Vol. 1(3); 81-87; 1994.
Wheat JR. "Strategy to Overcome Urban Undertow, An Obstacle to Rural Health Development"; Journal of Agromedicine, Vol. 1(3); 59-67; 1994.
[Study of home nursing care needs and implementation of self care of chronically ill patients]
Informal and formal health care systems for the rural elderly.
Swing-beds: current experience and future directions.
Probable adverse drug reactions in a rural geriatric nursing home population: a four-year study.
Geriatric education and practice of family practice graduates: an alumni survey.
Area of residence and the risk of institutionalization.
The changing spirit of rural community nursing: documentation burden.
Evaluation of an intensive case management program for short-term nursing home residents.
Risk profiles for nursing home placement of rural elderly: a cluster analysis of psychogeriatric indicators.
Who cares for Missouri's Medicaid nursing home residents? Characteristics of attending physicians.
Infections and infection control among residents of eight rural Wisconsin nursing homes.
Medicare costs in urban and rural nursing homes: are differential payments required?
Home visits in a rural office practice: clinical spectrum and effect on utilization of health care services.
Geriatric screening in a rural practice: the financial implications.