January 2000, Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 4 – 6

Original Article

TOXNET: A computerized collection of toxicological and environmental health information GEORGE CHARLES FONGER, DOROTHY STROUP, PHILLIP L. THOMAS & PHILIP WEXLER National Library of Medicine, Division of Specialized Information Services, Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program, Bldg. 38A-3S316 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20894     Correspondence to: GEORGE CHARLES FONGER, National Library of Medicine, Division of Specialized Information Services, Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program, Bldg. 38A-3S316 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894. Tel.: (301)496-6531. Fax: (301)480-3537. E-mail: gfonger@toxnetmail.nlm.nih.gov

Keywords

environmental health information;   toxic substances;   toxicology information;   TOXNET

Abstract

The Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program, managed by the National Library of Medicine’s Division of Specialized Information Services, provides access to a number of online bibliographic and factual computer files concerned with the toxicology, safety and handling, and environmental fate of chemicals, along with other files that cover genetic toxicology, developmental and reproductive toxicology, mutagenesis, carcinogenesis and toxic chemical releases. Toxicology and Industrial Health (2000) 16, 4-6.

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