Technical Notes
NLM Resource Update: Haz-Map®
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Haz-Map has been updated. Two hundred twenty-six new agents in the categories of metals, solvents, pesticides, mineral dusts, toxic gases and vapors, plastics and rubber, nitrogen compounds, and other compounds were added.
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.
More information is available from the Haz-Map fact sheet.
