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Information Resources Useful in Forensic Toxicology
Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee Memphis, Tennessee 38163
Received December 27, 1988; accepted October 30, 1989
Information Resources Useful in Forensic Toxicology. STAFFORD, D. T., AND LOGAN, B. K. (1990). Fundam. Appl. Toxicol. 15, 411–419.This paper addresses information resources available to forensic toxicologists. The approach taken here is to discuss those resources found useful in problem solving situations. First, attempt to obtain information from someone familiar with the problem. This is generally the most efficient mechanism to use. The next most efficient mechanism is to search the published literature, electronically using bibliographic databases, if possible. The least efficient method of obtaining information is to go into the laboratory and generate the desired information. In many situations, however, the problem must be solved, or the information confirmed, in the laboratory. Suggested sources of information have been listed in the appendices. These are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to stimulate and direct the access to information resources.