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TOXNET The link: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
TOXNET
Tool
There exist a number of tools on Internet that allows a user to search for
chemical, physical and environmental properties of chemicals and materials. As
an example, TOXNET is a publicly available search tool that does not require the
users to be registered available at is managed by U.S. National Library of
Medicine and National Institutes of Health. Purpose TOXNET is a search tool for
a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related
areas.
Description
TOXNET searches following databases:
- HSDB - Hazardous Substances Data Bank - Broad scope in human and animal
toxicity, safety and handling, environmental fate, and more. Scientifically
peer-reviewed.
- IRIS - Integrated Risk Information System - data from the EPA in support
of human health risk assessment, is focusing on hazard identification and
dose-response assessment.
- GENE-TOX - Peer-reviewed mutagenicity test data from the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
- CCRIS - Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System -
carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition data
provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
- Multiple Tox. - Database integrated search
- TOXLINE - Extensive references to literature on biochemical,
pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other
chemicals.
- DART/ETIC - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology and Environmental
Teratology Information Center - Current and older literature on
developmental and reproductive toxicology.
- TRI - Toxics Release Inventory, annual estimated releases of toxic
chemicals to the environment.
- ChemIDplus - Numerous chemical synonyms, structures, regulatory list
information, and links to other databases containing information about the
chemicals.
To search for information; enter any combination of words, chemical names, and
numbers, including Chemical Abstracts Services (CAS) Registry Numbers (RN). The
result of a search is a list of hits on each database. Evaluation of the result
is left to the user.
Use
Easy to use but the evaluation of the found documents can be difficult. The tool
is more for experts searching for specific data.
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