title: Chemical hazard evaluation: the use of factual health and safety databanks.
abstract: The usefulness of factual health and safety databanks is discussed in this paper. Four databanks have been selected for this study: HSDB (Hazardous Substances Data Bank), ECDIN (Environmental Chemicals Data Information Network), RTECS (Registry of the Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances) and CCRIS (Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information). The quality of the information available in the databanks considered was examined for five different chemical compounds and the completeness of the information available was carried out by an analysis of carcinogenic and mutagenic data.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro IST, Servizio Informazione Documentazione Scientifica, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evangelisti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bolognesi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rabboni
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ugolini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009153:Mutagens / Q000009:adverse effects; D014116:Toxicology
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D009153:Mutagens