Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS). Comprehensive Guide to the RTECS (Superseded)

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This document has been superseded and the new version can be found here. This Guide was intended serve as a reference to the Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS). It was prepared to assist the many users who access RTECS data through on line databases, compact disk or magnetic computer tape. Recent changes to the service were reviewed and a detailed description was offered of the various format selections. Each of the fields was defined and discussed, including the substance prime name, update, Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number, RTECS number, molecular weight, molecular formula Wiswesser Line Notation, synonyms, compound descriptor codes, skin and eye irritation data, mutation data, reproductive effects data, tumorigenic data, acute toxicity data, other multiple dose toxicity data, cited references, reviews, standards and regulations, NIOSH standards development and surveillance data, and status. Tables included toxic effects code, reproductive effects code, routes of administration, species, master file data types, line numbers, line matrix for RTECS mutation data, line matrix for RTECS reproductive effects data, and the line matrix for RTECS lethality data. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Carcinogens Chemistry Cytotoxins Epidemiology Hazardous Substances Mutagens Occupational Health Safety Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System
• Keywords:
  Chemical-structure Cytotoxic-effects Genotoxic-effects Information-retrieval-systems Reproductive-hazards Toxic-effects
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Handbooks
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSDTT - Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-76
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00217269
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-140449
• Citation:
  Sweet DV, ed. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 93-130, 1993 Sep; :1-76
• Editor(s):
  Sweet DV
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209648/cdc_209648_DS1.pdf
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