title: Features of the Italian National Inventory of Chemical Substances.
abstract: The Italian National Inventory of Chemical Substances (Inventario nazionale delle sostanze chimiche, INSC), a factual data bank on chemical toxicology produced by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), consists of a computerized system on existing chemicals developed for routinary and emergency needs. Historical background, current status and future direction of INSC are discussed. The structure and the feature of INSC are briefly examined. Aspects of retrieval of information and the criteria for the inclusion of data and priority selection are also considered.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Tossicologia Applicata, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Binetti
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marcello
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D007558:Italy; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D014116:Toxicology
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations