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NLM® Resource — Haz-Map® Update

NLM® Resource — Haz-Map® Update. NLM Tech Bull. 2008 Sep-Oct; (364):e13.

October 16, 2008 [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.]

The National Library of Medicine® Haz-Map has been updated. The latest update includes 180 new chemical profiles, submitted by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Haz-Map is an occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biologicals at work. Haz-Map links jobs and hazardous tasks with occupational diseases and their symptoms. It covers 2030 agents, and 225 occupational diseases.

More information about Haz-Map can be obtained at //www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/hazmap.html