Vital Resources for Emergency Responders: Toxicology and Environmental Health Resources

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Vital Resources for Emergency Responders
Toxicology and Environmental Health Resources

• Stephanie Publicker
• Specialized Information Services
• National Library of Medicine
• September 9, 2002

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Bioterrorism Resources

• Toxicology and Environmental Health Information
  Program
• http//tox.nlm.nih.gov
• Scientific information on hazardous chemicals and
  other toxic agents.
• Bacteria
• Viruses
• Chemical warfare agents
• MEDLINEplus
• http//medlineplus.gov
• Consumer health information.

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Specialized Information Services

• http//sis.nlm.nih.gov

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Toxicology and Environmental Health Information
Program

• TEHIP Home Page
• http//tox.nlm.nih.gov
• Biological Warfare
• http//sis.nlm.nih.gov/Tox/biologicalwarfare.htm
  
• Chemical Warfare Agents
• http//sis.nlm.nih.gov/Tox/ChemWar.html
• TOXNET databases
• http//toxnet.nlm.nih.gov
• http//chemidplus.sis.nlm.nih.gov

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TEHIP

• Toxicology and Environmental Health Information
  Program
• http//sis.nlm.nih.gov/Tox/ToxMain.html

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What Is TOXNET?

• Free web-based system of databases on
  toxicology,environmental health, hazardous
  chemicals, and releases of toxic chemicals.
• Factual Databases - HSDB, IRIS, CCRIS, GENE-TOX.
• Bibliographic Databases - TOXLINE, DART/ETIC,
  EMIC.
• Toxic Releases Inventory - TRI.
• Chemical Identification/Nomenclature - ChemIDplus.

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Searching TOXNET

• One Box Search for
• Chemicals
• Add Synonyms or Use Exact Terms Entered
• Other Terms
• Help
• Available on every page
• Context-sensitive

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HSDB Record
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TOXLINE

• TOXicology Literature online
• Pharmacological, biochemical, physiological,
  environmental, and toxicological effects of
  chemicals/other agents on living systems
• Components
• TOXLINE Core
• Journal literature from PubMed, aka MEDLINE
• TOXLINE Special
• Technical reports
• Research projects
• Archival collections
• From 1965 to date (and some earlier)

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TOXLINE Search Screen

• One Box Search for all terms
• Field Limits - All, Title, Author (e.g., Smith H)
• Publication Year Limits - Any, 1998-, 1990-,
  1980-
• Synonym searching
• Automatic Term Mapping to MeSH UMLS
• E.g., passive smoking --- tobacco smoke pollution

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TOXLINE Search Results

• Relevancy Ranking of Results
• Select Record of Interest
• View Search Strategy
• Modify Search
• Sort Results - Year of Pub, Title, Author, Entry
  Month, Relevance, Ascending or Descending
• Save Checked Items
• View Search History
• Download - Brief, Full, Abstract, Tagged

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TOXLINE Search Results
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ChemIDplus

• Chemical Dictionary/Directory database for
  chemicals cited in other NLM databases
• Contains over 350,000 chemical records
• Contains chemical structures for over 100,000
  records
• Direct Link/Search of MEDLINE and other Internet
  Resources

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ChemIDplus Results
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MEDLINEplus

• Consumer Health Information
• Biological and chemical weapons
• http//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/biologicalandch
  emicalweapons.html
• Anthrax
• http//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anthrax.html
• Botulism
• http//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/botulism.html
• Smallpox
• http//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smallpox.html
• Disasters and emergency preparedness
• http//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disastersandeme
  rgencypreparedness.html

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NIAID Bioterrorism Information

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
  Diseases
• http//www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/biodefense/

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Contact Information

• Phone
• 301-496-1131
• 1-888-FINDNLM
• E-mail
• TEHIP_at_teh.tehip.nih.gov
• Stephanie Publicker
• publicks_at_nih.gov
• 301-496-6297