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Typical bibliographic databases are the CA File of Chemical Abstracts Service CAS) or Medline of the US National Library of Medicine. Most electronic journals provide articles as full-text files, e.g., the Journal of the American Chemical Society ( ACS). 

Medline National Library of Medicine, USA medicine, life science bibho. >13mio 4600 journals STN, SciFin-der, MDL free 4-weekly www.rdm.nih.- gov... 

J. Lederberg, How DENDRAL was conceived and bom, in ACM Symposium on the History of Medical Informatics, National Library of Medidne, 1987. Later published in A History of Medical Informatics, B. I. Blum, K. Duncan (Eds.), Association for Computing, Machinery Press, New York 1990, 14-44. 

Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS) On-Liae Database. National Library of Mediciae, Bethesda, Maryland. 

E. Graedel, D. T. Hawkins, and L. D. Cld,si.toQ., Atmospheric Chemical Compounds, Academic Press, Odando, Fla., 1986, p. 263, cited in Hazardous Substances Data Bank, Acetone from Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET), National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md., Jan. 1990, NATS section in the review. 

MEDLINE U.S. National Library of Medicine BRS, Data-Star, Dialog, Medlars, STN, Questel medicine, life sciences... 

HSDB National Library of Medicine s Toxicology Information Program toxicology and the environmental effects of chemicals... 

National Library of Medicine, NIOSH s Registy of Toxic Effects Chemical Substances (RTECS) database, Nov. 1994 rev. the data have not been critically evaluated. 

Producers. The producers of databases are sometimes called database publishers because they make pubHc their databases. Some producers pubhsh hardcopy counterparts to databases and so are pubHshers in the traditional sense others pubHsh data only in electronic form. Database producers are responsible both for the deterrnination of content and for database production. Most producers offer their databases for lease or Hcense to private organisations or database vendors. Vendors offer database search services to the marketplace on a fee basis. An increasing number of producer/vendors such as Mead Data Central, U.S. National Library of Medicine, and DRI/McGraw-HiU. (formerly Data Resources), offer search services (batch or online) from their own databases as well as from the databases of other products. 

Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) on compact disc from the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety (can buy at CCOHS web site). "The HSDB(R) (Hazardous Substances Data Bank(R)) database contains data profiles on 4,500 potentially toxic chemical substances. It is created and updated by specialists at the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Compiled from an extensive range of authoritative sources, HSDB is widely recognized as a reliable and practical source of health and safety information. Much of the data is peer reviewed. 

ChemlDplus at the National Library of Medieine is a database of 56,645 chemical structures. Code of Federal Regulations. 

MEDLARS Medical Literature Analysis Retrieval System National Library of Medicine Carolyn llllcy MEDLARS Management Section 8600 Rockville Pike Betbesda, MD 20894 (301) 496-6193 Collection of databases containing toxicological research information and literature citations. 

National Library of Medicine, Specialized Information Services... 

TOXLINE (non-royalty based) Toxicology Information Online National Library of Medicine 8600 Roekville Pike Bethesda, MD 20894 (301) 496-1131 On-line bibliographic database covering the pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and chemicals. Information is taken from eleven secondary sources. 

National histitute of Public Health and the Eiiviromiient, 284 National Library of Medicme, Specialized hiformation Seii/ices, 309... 

HSDB. 1989. Hazardous Substances Data Bank (database). Bethesda, MD National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine. 

TRI96. 1999. Toxic Chemical Release Inventory. National Library of Medicine, National Toxicology Information Program, Bethesda, MD... 

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) Center for Medical Genetics, Johns Hopkins University and National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, 1997. http //www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/... 

The technical help rendered by my husband Dr Reddy Sastry Cherukuri in preparing the tables and collecting the scientific data and by my daughter Dr Anu Cherukuri who helped me in procuring the references from the National Library is greatly acknowledged. 

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