Sources of Information for Haz-Map

Online Books and Databases

  1. ATSDR Medical Management "The Medical Management Guidelines (MMGs) for Acute Chemical Exposures were developed by ATSDR to aid emergency department physicians and other emergency healthcare professionals who manage acute exposures resulting from chemical incidents."
  2. ATSDR ToxFAQs  "The ATSDR ToxFAQs is a series of summaries about hazardous substances developed by the ATSDR Division of Toxicology." Each ToxFAQ is linked to the full Toxicological Profile.
  3. ChemFinder Find a chemical by name, CAS #, or synonym and find linked information on the web.
  4. ChemIDplus  A database of 111,331 chemical structures at the National Library of Medicine 
  5. EPA Pesticides  Reigart JR, Roberts JR (eds). Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings, 5th Ed. Washington DC: EPA, 1999.
  6. EXTOXNET  Pesticide Information Profiles
  7. HSDB  Hazardous Substances Data Bank "The HSDB(R) (Hazardous Substances Data Bank(R)) database contains data profiles on 4,500 potentially toxic chemical substances. It is created and updated by specialists at the US National Library of Medicine. Compiled from an extensive range of authoritative sources, HSDB is widely recognized as a reliable and practical source of health and safety information. Much of the data is peer reviewed."
  8. ICSC  International Chemical Safety Cards
  9. IDLH  Documentation for Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations
  10. Merck Manual  Beers MH, Berkow R, Burs M (eds). The Merck Manual, 17th Ed. Merck & Co., Inc., 1999. 
  11. NAERG  North American Emergency Response Guidebook
  12. NCID  CDC National Center for Infectious Diseases
  13. New Jersey DOH  N.J. Department of Health Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets
  14. NIOSH Guidelines for Chemical Hazards  Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards was first published by NIOSH in 1981 with additions and revisions in 1988, 1992, and 1995. 467 chemicals are covered.
  15. NIOSHTIC  "NIOSHTIC(R) is a bibliographic database which provides comprehensive international coverage of documents on occupational health and safety, as well as related fields. It contains detailed summaries of over 200,000 articles, reports and publications, spanning over 100 years. NIOSHTIC(R) sources include over 160 scientific and technical journals, NIOSH reports (published and unpublished), NIOSH research bibliographies, abstracts from CIS Abstracts, and personal files from respected professionals on selected topics."
  16. OSHA  OSHA Technical Links
  17. Pocket Guide  NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. The web site has links to the DOT ID & Guide, IDLH documentation, ICSC Cards and "Medical Tests."

Books and Compact Discs

  1. ACGIH  TLVs and other Occupational Exposure Values—1995 on compact disc from the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.
  2. ATSDR Tox Profiles   ATSDR's Toxicological Profiles on compact disc. (Lewis Publishers, 1997 CRC Press, Inc.)
  3. Burgess WA. Recognition of Health Hazards in Industry, 2nd Ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995.
  4. Chin J (ed). Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 17th Ed. Washington DC: APHA, 2000.
  5. CHRIS  Chemical Hazards Response Information System from the United States Coast Guard. Available at CCOHS
  6. Harber P, Schenker MB, Balmes JR (eds).Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases. St. Louis: Mosby, 1996.
  7. Hawley  Lewis RJ. Hawley’s Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th Ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1993.
  8. ILO Encyclo  Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety, 4th ed., CD-ROM. Stellman JM, ed. (ILO, 1998)
  9. LaDou J (ed). Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 2nd Ed. Stamford: Appleton & Lange, 1997.
  10. Levy BS, Wegman DH (eds). Occupational Health: Recognizing and Preventing Work-Related Disease, 3rd Ed. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1995.
  11. Marks JG, DeLeo VA. Contact and Occupational Dermatology, 2nd Ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1997.
  12. Merck Index  Budavari S, O’Neil MJ, Smith A, Heckelman PE (eds).The Merck Index, An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals, 11th Ed. Rahway: Merck & Co., Inc., 1989.
  13. Merck Manual  Beers MH, Berkow R (eds). The Merck Manual, 17th Ed. Merck & Co., Inc., 1999. 
  14. Rom WN (ed). Environmental & Occupational Medicine, 3rd Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1998.
  15. Rosenstock L, Cullen MR (eds).Textbook of Clinical Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1994.
  16. Sullivan J, Krieger G (eds).Hazardous Materials Toxicology. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1992.
  17. TDR  Ryan RP, Terry CE (eds). Toxicology Desk Reference: The Toxic Exposure and Medical Monitoring Index, 4th Ed. Washington DC: Taylor & Francis, 1997.
  18. TLVs and BEIs  Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents & Biological Exposure Indices. Cincinatti: ACGIH, 2001.
  19. Wallach J, Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, 5th Ed. Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1992.
  20. Weeks JL, Levy BS, Wagner GR (eds). Preventing Occupational Disease and Injury, Washington DC: APHA, 1991.
  21. Zenz C, Dickerson BO, Horvath EP (eds). Occupational Medicine, 3rd Ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1994.

Journals & Monographs

  1. ATSDR Case Studies in Environmental Medicine. Atlanta: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 1990-97.
  2. Chan-Yeung M, Malo J. Aetiological Agents in Occupational Asthma,  Eur Respir J 1994;7:346-371.
  3. Mullan RJ, Murthy LI. Occupational Sentinel Health Events: An Up-Dated List for Physician Recognition and Public Health Surveillance. Am J Ind Med 1991;19:775-799.

Other Web Sites

  1. BC Cancer Agency  BC Cancer Agency: Carcinogens
  2. CFR  Code of Federal Regulations
  3. IARC  List of IARC Evaluations
  4. ICD-9  International Classification of Diseases, ICD-9-CM, 6th Edition
  5. SIC  Standard Industrial Codes Search
  6. SOC  Standard Occupational Classification System

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