title: Automated indexing of the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB).
abstract: The Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), produced and maintained by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), contains over 4600 records on potentially hazardous chemicals. To enhance information retrieval from HSDB, NLM has undertaken the development of an automated HSDB indexing protocol as part of its Indexing Initiative. The NLM Indexing Initiative investigates methods whereby automated indexing may partially or completely substitute for human indexing. The poster's purpose is to describe the HSDB Automated Indexing Project.
authors.affiliation: National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nuss
authors.forename: Hua Florence
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: George C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Fonger
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000379:methods*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D046650:Medical Subject Headings; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.); D014481:United States
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances