TOXicology Data NETwork

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TOXicology Data NETwork (English, TOXNET ) is a meta-database from the areas of toxicology , hazardous substances , environmental protection and related fields. The database cluster is operated as part of the Toxicology and Environmental Protection Information Program (TEHIP) in the Department of Specialized Information Services (SIS) of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM).

TOXNET offers free access to the following specialist databases via a web interface , which can be searched centrally (simultaneously):

  • HSDB (Hazardous Substances Data Bank)
  • IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System)
  • ITER (International Toxicity Estimates for Risk)
  • CCRIS (Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System)
  • GENE-TOX (Genetic Toxicology)
  • Tox Town
  • Household Products Database
  • Haz map
  • TOXMAP
  • LactMed (Drugs and Lactation)
  • TOXLINE - Toxicology Bibliographic Information
  • DART / ETIC (Development and Reproductive Toxicology / Environmental Teratology Information Center)
  • TRI (Toxics Release Inventory)
  • ChemIDplus (Chemical Identification)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ P. Wexler: TOXNET: an evolving web resource for toxicology and environmental health information. In: Toxicology . Volume 157, 2001, pp. 3-10. PMID 11164971

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