Toxicology and Risk Assessment Information Resources for Librarians

Toxicology and Risk Assessment Information Resources for Librarians

Many librarians work with toxicologists and risk assessors seeking information about chemicals and hazardous substances of concern to human health and the environment. Therefore, this article reviews reliable, accurate, readily accessible, and user-friendly sources of toxicological and risk assessme...

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Published in:Medical reference services quarterly Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 39 - 58
Main Author: Stirling, Dale A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Taylor & Francis Group 01-12-2000
Subjects:
Chemicals
Databases as Topic
Databases, Bibliographic
Government Agencies
Hazardous Substances
Humans
Information Storage and Retrieval
International Agencies
Librarians
Library materials
literature searching
Risk Assessment
Toxicology
United States
United States
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Summary:Many librarians work with toxicologists and risk assessors seeking information about chemicals and hazardous substances of concern to human health and the environment. Therefore, this article reviews reliable, accurate, readily accessible, and user-friendly sources of toxicological and risk assessment information. A summary and description of pertinent toxicological data, literature, and profile sources is presented. The majority of the resources are available online; however, descriptions of several important print sources are included.
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ISSN:0276-3869
1540-9597
DOI:10.1300/J115v19n04_04