NLM ToxTutor: New Content Added

NLM ToxTutor: New Content Added. NLM Tech Bull. 2018 Sep-Oct;(424):b8.

[Editor's Note: This is a reprint of an announcement published as an NLM Toxicology and Environmental Health Information email update from the NLM Division of Specialized Information Services. To automatically receive news on resources, services, and outreach in toxicology and environmental health please see the subscribe page.]

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) ToxTutor has added new content and topics.

Added Content

Section 3: Toxic Effects

• "Microbiome" topic

Section 5: Toxicity Testing Methods

• Additional "Finding Information about Alternatives to Animal Testing" content
  
• Microphysiological Systems as used in "tissue chip" and "Organs-on-chips" models
  
• "Human-on-a-Chip" content
  
• Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) as an emerging approach
  
• Combining "chips" AND iPSCs information topic
  

Section 6: Risk Assessment

• Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs) content
  
• "What to Consider when Reading about a New Exposure Study" topic
  

Section 7: Exposure Standards and Guidelines

• Food Safety in the European Union topic
  

New Sections

Section 15: Intuitive Toxicology and Risk Communication

Section 16: Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Health, and One Health

ToxTutor is a self-paced tutorial covering key principles of toxicology for users of NLM chemical and toxicology databases. While a knowledge of anatomy and physiology is not required for viewing ToxTutor, the Introduction to the Human Body from the National Cancer Institute provides a good introduction to the topic.

This course is approved for three contact hours for California Registered Environmental Health Specialists (REHSs) and National Environmental Health Association's (NEHA) REHS/RSs. To take the tutorial and receive a certificate, please register and complete the tutorial through our free learning management system.