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Online Books and Databases

  1. ATSDR Case Studies in Environmental Medicine. Atlanta: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 1990-97. New editions are now available on the web.
  2. 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."
  3. 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.
  4. ATSDR ToxProfiles  "The ATSDR toxicological profile succinctly characterizes the toxicologic and adverse health effects information for the hazardous substance described here. Each peer-reviewed profile identifies and reviews the key literature that describes a hazardous substance's toxicologic properties."
  5. CAMEO A database of over 6,000 chemicals with information about fire and explosive hazards and health effects developed by EPA and NOAA to assist emergency responders.
  6. CDC Travel  "The Yellow Book is published every two years by CDC as a reference for those who advise international travelers of health risks." The latest print version is CDC Health Information for International Travel 2008. Atlanta: Mosby Elsevier, 2007.
  7. ChemFinder Find a chemical by name, CAS #, or synonym and find linked information on the web.
  8. ChemIDplus  A database of over 379,000 records and over 257,000 chemical structures at the National Library of Medicine.
  9. CHRIS  Chemical Hazards Response Information System from the United States Coast Guard.
  10. EPA Fact Sheets Health effects of chemicals defined as hazardous by the Clean Air Act.
  11. EPA IRIS The Integrated Risk Information System is a database of chemicals and their human health effects including carcinogenic and chronic noncarcinogenic effects.
  12. EPA Pesticides  Reigart JR, Roberts JR (eds). Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings, 5th Ed. Washington DC: EPA, 1999.
  13. ERG 2004 2004 North American Emergency Response Guidebook.
  14. EXTOXNET  Pesticide Information Profiles.
  15. HMT Hazardous Materials Table
  16. HSDB  Hazardous Substances Data Bank The database contains over 5,000 data profiles on potentially toxic chemical substances. It is updated by specialists at the US National Library of Medicine and is peer reviewed by the Scientific Review Panel.
  17. ICSC  International Chemical Safety Cards.
  18. IDLH  Documentation for Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations.
  19. ILO Encyclo  Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety, 4th ed., CD-ROM. Stellman JM, ed. (ILO, 1998)
  20. INCHEM Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organizations. 
  21. Merck Manual  Beers MH, Porter RS (eds). The Merck Manual, 18th Ed. Merck & Co., Inc., 2006. 
  22. MSDSonline Contains more than 2 million manufacturer-original files in an indexed and searchable electronic format.
  23. NCID  CDC National Center for Infectious Diseases.
  24. NJ-HSFS  N.J. Department of Health Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets.
  25. NIOSH  NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. The web site has links to the DOT ID & Guide, IDLH documentation, ICSC Cards and "Medical Test s."
  26. NIOSH CPC  Recommendations for Chemical Protective Clothing, February 1998/Updated April 12, 1999.
  27. 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.
  28. NIOSHTIC  "NIOSHTIC� 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. OSHLINE. complements the coverage of NIOSHTIC�, which was discontinued in mid-1998." Available at CCOHS.
  29. NIOSHTIC-2  "NIOSHTIC-2 contains approximately 32,000 occupational safety and health information resource citations. The majority of the resources (20,000) date from 1971 to the present."
  30. NPIRS The National Pesticide Information Retrieval System has brief registration information on approximately 90,000 products.
  31. NTP  National Toxicology Program 11th Report on Carcinogens
  32. OSHA  OSHA Technical Links.
  33. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. "It contains nearly 1000 major articles, written by some 3,000 authors who are experts in their fields and affiliated to leading chemical companies or research institutes." Full-text available by subscription.

Books, Compact Discs, and Journal Articles

  1. ACGIH  Documentation of the TLVs and BEIs, 7th Ed. Cincinnati: ACGIH Worldwide, 2005.
  2. Adami HO, Hunter D, Trichopoulos D (eds). Textbook of Cancer Epidemiology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
  3. Adams, RM (ed). Occupational Skin Diseases, 3rd Ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1999.
  4. Bernstein IL, Chan-Yeng M, Malo J-L, Bernstein DI (eds.) Asthma in the Workplace, 3rd Ed. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2006.
  5. AHLS Walter FG (ed). Advanced HAZMAT Life Support Provider Manual, 3rd Ed. Tucson: University of Arizona, 2003.
  6. Burgess WA. Recognition of Health Hazards in Industry, 2nd Ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995.
  7. CCDM Heymann DL (ed). Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 18th Ed. Washington DC: APHA, 2004.
  8. Cecil Goldman L, Ausiello D (eds). Cecil Medicine, 23rd Ed. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier, 2008.
  9. CHEMINFO Compact disc from CCOHS.
  10. Christiani DC. Chapters on Bronchitis, Chronic and Emphysema. In: Levy BS, Wagner GR, Rest KM, Weeks JL (eds). Preventing Occupational Disease and Injury, 2nd Ed. Washington DC: APHA, 2005.
  11. Crosby DG. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
  12. CSH  Baldwin DG, Williams ME, Murphy PL. Chemical Safety Handbook: For the Semiconductor/Electronics Industry, 3rd Ed. Beverly Farms, MA: OEM Press, 2002.
  13. Domino FJ (ed). 5-Minute Clinical Consult (5-MCC). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams &Wilkins, 2007.
  14. Ford MD, Delaney KA, Ling LJ, Erickson T (eds). Clinical Toxicology. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2001.
  15. Frazier LM, Hage ML (eds). Reproductive Hazards of the Workplace. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
  16. Goldfrank  Flomenbaum NE et al (eds). Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 8th Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006.
  17. Guerrant RL, Walker DH, Weller PF (eds). Essentials of Tropical Infectious Diseases, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingston, 2006.
  18. Harber P, Schenker MB, Balmes JR (eds). Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases. St. Louis: Mosby, 1996.
  19. Harrison  Braunwald E et al. Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 15th Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
  20. Harrison's Practice ©2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Available at MerckMedicus.
  21. Hawley  Lewis RJ. Hawley’s Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 14th Ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
  22. Hayes AW. Principles and Methods of Toxicology, 5th Ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2008.
  23. Hendrick DJ, Burge PS, Beckett WS, Churg A. Occupational Disorders of the Lung. Edinburgh: Saunders, 2002.
  24. ID  Gorbach SL, Walker DH, Weller PF (eds). Infectious Diseases, 3rd Ed. Philadelphia: Lipincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004.
  25. ILO Encyclo Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety,, 4th Ed., CD-ROM. Stellman JM, ed. (ILO, 1998)
  26. Kanerva L, Elsner P, Wahlberg JE, Maibach HI (eds). Handbook of Occupational Dermatology. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2000.
  27. Kanerva 2004 Kanerva L, Elsner P, Wahlberg JE, Maibach HI (eds). Condensed Handbook of Occupational Dermatology. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2004.
  28. Klaassen CD, Watkins JB 3rd (eds). Casarett & Doull's Essentials of Toxicology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
  29. LaDou J (ed). Current Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 4th Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007.
  30. Levy BS, Wegman DH, Baron SL, Sokas RK (eds). Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury, 5th Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
  31. Malo J-L, Chan-Yeung M. Appendix: Agents Causing Occupational Asthma with Key References. In: Bernstein LI, Chan-Yeung M, Malo J-L, Bernstein DI (eds). Asthma in the Workplace. 3rd Ed. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2006.
  32. Marks JG, DeLeo VA. Contact and Occupational Dermatology, 2nd Ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1997.
  33. Merck Index  O’Neil MJ, Heckelman PE, Koch CB, Roman KJ (eds). The Merck Index, An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals, 14th Ed. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck & Co., Inc., 2006.
  34. 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.
  35. Mason RJ, Broaddus VC, Murray JF, Nadel JA (eds). Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, 4th Ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2005.
  36. Nordberg GF, Fowler BA, Nordberg M, Friberg LT. Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals, 3rd Ed. San Diego: Academic Press, 2007.
  37. Olson KR. Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 5th Ed. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2007.
  38. PPID Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R (eds). Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th Ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2005. 
  39. Quick CPC  Forsberg K, Mansdorf SZ. Quick Selection Guide to Chemical Protective Clothing, 4th Ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Interscience, 2002.
  40. Rom WN (ed). Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 4th Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
  41. Rosenstock L, Cullen MR Brodkin CA, Redlich CA (eds). Textbook of Clinical Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2nd Ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2004.
  42. Schottenfeld D, Fraumeni JF. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, 3rd Ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
  43. Schrier RW. Manual of Nephrology, 6th Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
  44. Siemiatycki J, Richardson L, Boffetta P. Occupation. In: Schottenfeld D, Fraumeni JF. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, 3rd Ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
  45. Sullivan JB, Krieger GR (eds). Clinical Environmental Health and Toxic Exposures. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.
  46. TDR  Ryan RP, Terry CE, Leffingwell SS (eds). Toxicology Desk Reference: The Toxic Exposure and Medical Monitoring Index, 5th Ed. Washington DC: Taylor & Francis, 1999.
  47. TLVs and BEIs  Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents & Biological Exposure Indices. Cincinnati: ACGIH, 2005.
  48. Wald PH, Stave GM (eds). Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace, 2nd Ed. New York: Wiley Interscience, 2002.
  49. Wallace RB. Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 15th Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.
  50. Wallach J, Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, 7th Ed. Boston: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000.
  51. Ward E. Chapters on Bladder, Colorectal, Esophageal, Kidney, Laryngeal, Sino-Nasal, Pancreatic, and Stomach Cancer. In: Levy BS, Wagner GR, Rest KM, Weeks JL (eds). Preventing Occupational Disease and Injury, 2nd Ed. Washington DC: APHA, 2005.
  52. Wilson WR, Sande MA (eds). Current Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease. Lange Medical Books: New York, 2001.
  53. Zenz C, Dickerson BO, Horvath EP (eds). Occupational Medicine, 3rd Ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1994.
  54. Zimmerman HJ. Hepatotoxicity. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999.

References for Ionizing Radiation

  1. Argonne Radiological fact sheets from Argonne National Laboratory: Click the links on this PDF page to basic radiological concepts and 29 radionuclides.
  2. Boice JD Jr. Ionizing Radiation. In: Schottenfeld D, Fraumeni JF. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, 3rd Ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
  3. CDC Radiological Terrorism: Emergency Management Pocket Guide for Clinicians. CDC website.
  4. EPA Radionuclides Fact sheets on the 12 most common radionuclides.
  5. Gollnick DA. Basic Radiation Protection Technology, 4th Ed. Altadena, CA: Pacific Radiation Corporation, 2000.
  6. Gusev IA, Guskova AK, Mettler FA. Medical Management of Radiation Accidents, 2nd Ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2001.
  7. Hanford Internal Dosimetry Technical Basis Manual. Radionuclides include Tritium, Cesium Strontium, Uranium, Plutonium, Americium, Cobalt-60, Iodine, Europium, and other transuranic elements. 
  8. MMRS Manual Medical Management of Internally Radiocontaminated Patients
  9. NRC 10 CFR Part 20--Standards for Protection Against Radiation
  10. NRC ALIs From Appendix B to Part 20--Annual Limits on Intake
  11. ORCBS Office of Radiation, Chemical & Biological Safety at Michigan State University
  12. REMM Radiation Event Medical Management
  13. Shapiro J. Radiation Protection: A Guide for Scientists, Regulators, and Physicians, 4th Ed. Cambridge, Ma: Harvard University Press, 2002.
  14. Walker SJ. Permissible Dose: A History of Radiation Protection in the Twentieth Century. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000.
  15. Waltar AE. Radiation and Modern Life. New York: Prometheus Books, 2004.
  16. REAC/TS Radiation Emergency Medicine Reference Manual. Oak Ridge, TN: Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site, 2006.
  17. Waselenko JK, et al. Medical Management of the Acute Radiation Syndrome: Recommendations of the Strategic National Stockpile Radiation Working Group. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:1037-1051.

  18. For other online references, see Ionizing Radiation.

Other Web Sites

  1. ACGIH Publications
  2. AIHA ERPGs (2006)
  3. APHA Publications
  4. BC Cancer Agency Cancer Risk Factors
  5. Crossroads by the National Safety Council
  6. CFR  Code of Federal Regulations
  7. EHSfreeware  Environmental Health & Safety Software
  8. IARC  List of IARC Evaluations
  9. ICD-9  International Classification of Diseases, ICD-9-CM, 6th Edition
  10. IRSST Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute
  11. NAICS North American Industry Classification System
  12. OEM Press Publications
  13. SIC  Standard Industrial Codes Search
  14. SOC  Standard Occupational Classification System

Words highlighted in bold are reference tags used throughout the Haz-Map database.


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