摘要:The Data Bank on Carcinogens (Banca Dati Cancerogeni, BDC) is a factual data bank,
available on the Istituto Superiore di Sanità website, aimed at supporting the risk management decision
making of central and local administrators. It can also represent a valuable tool for industry.
The available information on carcinogenicity evaluations/classifications produced by European
Union and by other institutions (IARC, USEPA, NTP, CCTN) is presented in a concise form accompanied
by bibliographic references enabling the users to consult the original sources and, in
some cases, to be directly connected to the relevant website. The classifications carried out by each
organization in accordance with its own criteria assign the examined agents to specific qualitative
categories and do not include quantitative assessment. BDC intends to provide an easy tool for experts,
researchers and risk managers dealing with carcinogenic agents.
关键词:data bank, carcinogenic agents, classification, evaluation.