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HSDB Ionizing Radiation Series Added

HSDB Ionizing Radiation Series Added . NLM Tech Bull. 2006 Nov-Dec;(353):b1.

December 01, 2006 [posted]

[Editor's Note: This Technical Note is a reprint of an announcement published on NLM-Tox-Enviro-Health-L, an e-mail announcement list available from the NLM Division of Specialized Information Services. To subscribe to this list, please see the NLM-TOX-ENVIRO-HEALTH-L Join, Leave, or Change Options page.]

A record for ionizing radiation and a series of specific radionuclide records have been added to NLM's Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB).

Ionizing radiation may result from unstable atomic nuclei or from high energy electron transitions. It includes electromagnetic radiation (e.g., gamma rays and X-rays) as well as particles (e.g., alpha particles, beta particles, high-speed neutrons, high-speed electrons, high-speed protons, etc.)

HSDB is part of the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET system. It focuses on the toxicology of about 5,000 potentially hazardous chemicals, and is enhanced with information on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, and related areas.

Records are added to HSDB on a scheduled basis. They are peer reviewed by the HSDB Scientific Review Panel of outside experts.

Further information about HSDB can be found in the National Library of Medicine's HSDB Fact Sheet.