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To improve access to this kind of information, in early 1998, the NLM began developing an Internet Web site to provide access to the extensive portfolio of toxicology and environmental health databases located on NLM's Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET; Table 1.1~. This Web site (www.toxnet.nlrn.nih.gov)
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6 INTERNETA CCESS TABLE 1.1 Overview of the TOXNET Databases Database Sponsoring Factual or Agencies Bibliographic Subject Content CCRIS DART EMIC EMICBACK ETICBACK GENE-TOX HSDB IRIS NCI NLM, NIEHS, FDA, EPA NLM, EPA, NIEHS NLM, EPA, NIEHS NLM EPA NLM (previously ATSDR) EPA Factual Bibliographic Bibliographic Bibliographic Bibliographic Factual Factual Factual RTECS NIOSH Factual TRI EPA Factual Results of carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor production, tumor inhibition studies Literature on teratology and many aspects of reproductive toxicology Literature since 1991 published on substances tested for genotoxic activity Pre-1950 through 1991 literature on substances tested for genotoxic activity Teratology literature from 195 1989, continued by DART Results from expert review of scientific literature on chemicals tested for mutagenicity Peer-reviewed summaries of the toxicology of potentially hazardous substances EPA health risk and regulatory information, includes carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic risk assessment data Toxic effects including skin and eye irritation, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and reproductive consequences Annual estimated releases of toxic chemicals to the environment NOTE: ATSDR = Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; CCRIS = Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System; DART = Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology; EMIC = Environmental Mutagen Information Center; EMICBACK = EMIC Back File; EPA = Environmental Protection Agency; ETICBACK = Environmental Teratology Information Center Backfile; FDA = Food and Drug Administration; GENE-TOX = Genetic Toxicology Data Bank; HSDB = Hazardous Substances Data Bank; IRIS = Integrated Risk Information System; NCI = National Cancer Institute; NIEHS = National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; NIOSH = National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; RTECS = Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances; TRI = Toxic Chemical Release Inventory.
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The IOM Committee on Internet Access to the NLM's Toxicology and Environmental Health Databases was formed in early 1998. The committee was charged with seeking input from health professionals on their assessment of the Web site and with providing recommendations on the refinements necessary to facilitate searches of the TOXNET Web site by health professionals, scientists, educators, and the general public.
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In each session, the participants were first asked to fill out a short questionnaire to provide the committee with information on their occupation, use of toxicology and environmental health information, and extent of their prior Internet and TOXNET experience (Appendix B)
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The participant group consisted of 5 occupational and environmental health professionals, 1 family medicine physician, 3 emergency medicine and poison control personnel, 7 librarians and information specialists, 5 environmental health scientists, 3 federal or state public health professionals, 4 health policy professionals, and 3 students. Participants included individuals who provided input through the workshop or responded to the questionnaire in the previous IOM study (1997)
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