title: Germany: toxicology information on the World Wide Web.
abstract: Following a brief introduction to the history of toxicology in Germany, this article deals with institutions concerned with toxicological information and research in Germany. The web addresses, responsibilities and main topics of federal authorities, federal state authorities, institutions for statutory accident insurance and prevention, non-university and university research institutes, funding institutions, scientific societies, industry representatives and poison information centers are described and links are given to databases provided on the web sites of these institutions.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Toxikologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Universitätstrasse 1, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany. kahl@uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: Regine
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kahl
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Desel
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D000056:Accident Prevention; D005858:Germany; D006077:Government Agencies; D007221:Industry; D007346:Insurance, Accident; D020407:Internet; D011039:Poison Control Centers; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D012958:Societies, Scientific; D014116:Toxicology; D014495:Universities