Question about references in websites

[FrugalGuy]

I want to site some medical facts (eg normal blood pressure is 120/80, heart rate is 80, resp. rate is 12-20) on my website. I'm assuming it's legal if I site the reference source (American Heart Association)

My question is what if I get some facts from a book. Will siting the ref. source be enough or do I need permission from the author. I will be only using a few numbers and facts and not reproducing anything else. Please help.

 

[GroundZero]

better safe than sorry,
imop you should get the permission of the copyright holder. most times they will say no problem, if you are doing a personal page or a non-profit page. i found this to be true while i was running my rodeo and horse info pages. in fact there were a lot of times that the person i contacted ended up providing me with more stuff than i was asking to use. never hurts to ask, but i could hurt if you don't

 

[JoeKing]

as long as its for non profit educational reasons and you cite properly I dont think you should have a problem. Make sure to state in your phrase somthing like "I found some information from ____ about ...."

 

[FrugalGuy]

Thanks GroundZero & Joeyman for the help. Anyone else?