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Page 20 - In order to assist the advancement of medical and related sciences, and to aid the dissemination and exchange of scientific and other information important to the progress of medicine and to the public health...
Page 17 - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (1988) The Nature and Extent of Lead Poisoning in Children in the United States: A Report to Congress, Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services.
Page iv - Institute, a joint program of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School...
Page 136 - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institutes of Health National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health National Library of Medicine National...
Page 37 - Substance identification • Manufacturing/use information • Chemical and physical properties • Safety and handling • Toxicity/biomedical effects • Pharmacology • Environmental fate/exposure potential • Exposure standards and regulations • Monitoring and analysis methods • Additional references...
Page 19 - Panel's major finding is that there exists an urgent need for a much more coordinated and more complete computer-based file of toxicological information than any currently available and, further, that access to this file must be more generally available to all those legitimately needing such information.
Page 53 - Shortliffe EH, Perreault LE, Eds. Medical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine. New York: Springer, 2001. • "The science that studies the use and processing of data, information, and knowledge applied to medicine, health care and public health.
Page 41 - A — human carcinogen B — probable human carcinogen C — possible human carcinogen D — not classifiable as to human carcinogenicity...
Page 6 - NLM's Toxicology Information Program (TIP) is aimed at establishing a mechanism that would strengthen the capacity of historically black colleges and universities to train medical and other health professionals in the use of toxicological, environmental, and occupational information resources developed at NLM. This audience represents a group that would otherwise not get exposure to these valuable information sources and also is considered one of the high priority groups within NLM's outreach efforts.
Page 67 - Access and Use of Information Resources in Assessing Health Risks from Chemical Exposure. Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Oak Ridge, TN (June 27-29, 1990).