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CCRIS is a toxicology data file of the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It is a scientifically evaluated and fully referenced data bank, developed and maintained by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). It contains over 9,000 chemical records with carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition test results. Data are derived from studies cited in primary journals, current awareness tools, NCI reports, and other special sources. Test results have been reviewed by experts in carcinogenesis and mutagenesis.
CCRIS is accessible, free of charge, via TOXNET at: http://toxnet/nlm.nih.gov
Users can search by chemical or other name, chemical name fragment, Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number (RN), and/or subject terms. Search results can easily be viewed, printed or downloaded. Search results are displayed in relevancy ranked order. Users may select to display any combination of data from the following broad groupings:
Users can easily conduct their CCRIS search strategy against other databases: Hazardous Substances Data Bank®, Integrated Risk Information System, GENE-TOX, TOXLINE®, and ChemIDplus®.
For detailed information about CCRIS or TOXNET, contact:
CCRIS Representative
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A complete list of NLM Fact Sheets is available at:
(alphabetical list) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/factsheets.html
(subject list): http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/factsubj.html
FACT SHEETS
Office of Communications and Public Liaison
National Library of Medicine
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email: publicinfo@nlm.nih.gov
Last reviewed: 09 May 2008
Last updated: 09 May 2008
First published: 01 January 1994
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