The ECDIN database for chemicals in the environment

Issue title: Environmental Health Data in Europe: Current Approaches. Selected papers from a WHO/EURO Consultation

Guest editors: A.W. Elias

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Boni, M. | Geiss, F. | Penning, W.

Affiliations: Commission of the European Communities, Joint Research Center, ISPRA Establishment, 21020 Ispra (Varese), Italy

Abstract: Since the 70's the Commission of the European Communities has been developing an original databank on the impact of chemical substances on man and his environment. The original project was conceived as a research topic and was executed both by the Indirect Action programme of the Commission and by the Commission's own research establishment in Ispra (Italy). The data bank has been operational for more than 5 years through Datacentralen in Copenhagen and can be used worldwide. The unit who has been building ECDIN has acquired a considerable experience in databank building and chemical information handling.

DOI: 10.3233/ISU-1990-101-210

Journal: Information Services & Use, vol. 10, no. 1-2, pp. 83-86, 1990