Busca-Tox.com. Searching for Toxicological Information:
a Practical Learning Project and a tool to facilitate the access
to toxicological and environmental information
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Objetives
(The inclusion of the logo and the link in other sites is permitted)
- 2.- Availability of Toxicological Information
- 3.- Where is the Toxicological Information?
- 4.-
How to search for
Toxicological Information
- 5.- Practical learning project
- 6.- Quick Guide
Guillermo Repetto et al Sevilla. Spain
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Searching for toxicological information: a practical learning project. Toxicologists of the XXI century have to be able to search and use with efficiency the exponentially growing toxicological information. Most of the data is now freely available on the Internet. We have developed an specific practical project for established toxicologists and for students of toxicology. The system facilitates the differentiation among the various types of sources of toxicological information, their localization, interpretation and use in diverse toxicological areas (regulatory, occupational, clinical, experimental, environmental, etc.). According to the spectrum of the search, general search engines, search engines for chemicals, and specialized search engines are used. More than 50 very interesting addresses were selected. To speed up learning, a search tool called BUSCA-TOX was developed to facilitate the access to bibliographic and factual databases. It is freely available. A series of questions for each area is proposed, allowing the progresive familiarization with the different forms of presentation of the toxicological information.
