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Your Health and the Environment: Resources from the National Library of Medicine

Your Health and the Environment: Resources from the National Library of Medicine. Stacey J. Arnesen Specialized Information Services National Library of Medicine. http://tox.nlm.nih.gov. Premier portal for environmental health information. SIS – New and Improved Resources. TOXNET

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Your Health and the Environment: Resources from the National Library of Medicine

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  1. Your Health and the Environment: Resources from the National Library of Medicine Stacey J. Arnesen Specialized Information Services National Library of Medicine

  2. http://tox.nlm.nih.gov Premier portal for environmental health information

  3. SIS – New and Improved Resources • TOXNET • LactMed • HSDB –5,000 hazardous substances • PDA version • ToxSeek – meta search & clustering tool • WebWISER – web version of WISER tool • TOXMAP – added Superfund sites, health statistics, TRI 2004 • Tox Town – Farm Scene added • …and more

  4. Tox Town: An Interactive Guide to Potentially Toxic Substances and Environmental Health Issues Four neighborhoods

  5. New: Tox Town Farm

  6. EnviroHealth Links

  7. TOXMAPEnvironmental Health e-Maps • EPA Toxics Release Inventory • Superfund Sites (Hazardous Waste Sites) • Cancer and other disease mortality data • Demographic data

  8. TRI and Superfund – Phoenix, AZ

  9. Superfund Sites

  10. Health and Demographic Data

  11. TOXNET http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov Search All databases forthe effects of TCE on children

  12. Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) Search Results 5,000th record added to HSDB!

  13. HSDB TCE Record:Information on Children Human Health Effects Emergency Medical Treatment Environmental Fate/Exposure Environmental Standards & Regulations Chemical/Physical Properties

  14. Drugs and Lactation Database LactMed NEW! Database on the possible effects of over 400 drugs on breastfeeding

  15. LactMed Results Includes summary of use during lactation, drug levels in breastmilk and effects on breastfed infants

  16. TOXNET on PDA Search TOXNET from your PDA

  17. WISERWireless Information System for Emergency Responders • Information tailored for emergency responders • Assist in identifying unknown substances • Emergency treatment andcontainment information • Stand-alone with enhanced connected (wireless) capabilities

  18. Web WISER: Web version of WISER

  19. ToxSeek:Metasearch and Clustering Engine

  20. ToxSeek Results

  21. Online Tutorials • Quick Tour (Overview) of NLM’s environmental health and toxicology resources • Importing TOXLINE Special Citations into a Reference Manager Program

  22. Household Products Databasehttp://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov

  23. Haz-Map:An Occupational Health Database Links jobs and job tasks to hazardous substances and occupational diseases

  24. ChemIDplusNew FLEXible Structure Searching Aleve

  25. ToxMystery Coming Soon!

  26. In the Works … • World Library of Toxicology, Chemical Safety and Environmental Health • REMM (Radiation Event Medical Management System)

  27. Keeping up in Environmental Health What’s new from NLM’s Environmental Health and Toxicology Program SIS Listserv and RSS feed Environmental health issues in the news from MedlinePlus

  28. For More Information on Your Health and the Environment Contact: Specialized Information Services National Library of Medicine tehip@teh.nlm.nih.gov http://sis.nlm.nih.gov

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