title: EPA health and environmental effects data analysis system.
abstract: This paper discusses the development of a system to organize, store, retrieve, and correlate data pertaining to chemicals and their biological and environmental effects. The particular problems of data identification, acquisition, classification, and automation are discussed in relation to existing data sources and methods of data collection and analysis. The problems of computer software development are also addressed, and a design overview of the system is presented.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002274:Carcinogens, Environmental; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003201:Computers; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D006077:Government Agencies; D007256:Information Systems; D009153:Mutagens; D014116:Toxicology; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D002274:Carcinogens, Environmental; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D009153:Mutagens