NLM Resource Update: Haz-Map Adds 497 New Agents

NLM Resource Update: Haz-Map Adds 497 New Agents. NLM Tech Bull. 2014 Sep-Oct;(400):b3.

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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has updated Haz-Map with 497 new agents. It now covers 10,133 biological and chemical agents.

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 can be found at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/hazmap.html.