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A: Information Gathering: Literature Searches
Pages 735-738

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... COMPUTERIZED BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA BASES The initial focus of the committee's efforts was a comprehensive search of relevant computerized data bases. Sixteen data bases covering biomedical, toxicological, chemical, historical, and regulatory information were accessed utilizing Dialog, a commercial data base vendor, and the National Library of Medicine's (NLM's)
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... TABLE A-2 Factual Data Bases Searched Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Hazardous Substances Data Bank Integrated Risk Information System Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
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... . LITERATURE DISSEMINATION All retrieved citations were entered into the study's bibliographic data base, which at the conclusion of the study contained 6,420 references to the health effects of the herbicides used in Vietnam.
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... Completed abstracting forms and studies were then sent to committee members with expertise in that field, who reviewed and verified the abstracted information. Throughout the study, this data base was used extensively to aid committee members in locating relevant studies on a variety of questions ranging from methods of exposure assessment to study design.
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