Table 4.
All inclusive results of the ratings of the user needs, quality, and usability factors
| User needs | Quality of contents | Usability | |||||||||||||
| Database name | Chem. name | Health hazard | Expos. route | Meas. expos. | Limit values | Prev. meas. | Topics | Level infor. | Numb. chem. | Peer rev. | Reput. | Freq. | Navig. | Help availab. | Lang. **) |
| 1. ATSDR-HazDat | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2. Chemical Sampling Information (CSI) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. ESIS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4. EXTOXNET | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5. GESTIS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 6. Haz-Map | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 8. HSIS = Hazardous Substances Information System | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9. High Production Volume Information System (HPVIS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10. IARC Monographs ***) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11. IPCS INCHEM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | *) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 12. International Toxicity Estimates for Risk Database (ITER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13. IRIS database for risk assessment | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14. MSDS Database | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | *) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 15. NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 16. PAN Pesticides Database | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 17. Scorecard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18. Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) for High Volume Chemicals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 19. SOLV-DB | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20. The chemical database | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21. TOXNET | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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**) Chem. name = Chemical name; Expos. route = Exposure route; Meas. expos. = Measure exposure; Prev. meas. = Preventive measures; Level infor. = Level of information; Numb. chem. = Number of chemicals; Peer rev. = Peer review; Reput. = Reputation; Freq. = Frequency; Navig. = Navigation; Help availab. = Help available; Lang. = Language
***) only summaries are available free