title: ATSDR's information databases to support human health risk assessment of hazardous substances. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
abstract: The American public, like persons in many other nations, is concerned about the potential adverse impacts of uncontrolled hazardous wastes. The concerns are often predicated on the fear that adverse health effects will occur because of releases of hazardous substances into community environments. To respond to these concerns, government agencies and private sector organizations must rely on credible, accessible, up-to-date information databases. These databases should be relevant to the needs of the people who respond to uncontrolled releases of hazardous substances. Of particular importance are databases that profile the toxicity of hazardous substances and other information useful to physicians and other health care providers. This paper describes how the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseases Registry (ATSDR) has developed several toxicologic and human health information databases under mandates in the Superfund statute for responding to the public's concerns about hazardous substances.
authors.affiliation: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006077:Government Agencies; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances