[Bibliographic and documentary activities in the fields of occupational medicine and toxicology].

Great variety of world's medical literature demands elaborating specific bibliographic publications. The authors present a review of world's medical bibliographies with special stress put on occupational medicine and toxicology. The role of indexing languages in the preparation of bibliographies was emphasized. Also, the bibliographic publications edited at the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Lodz were presented. The usefulness of this literature for the specialists in toxicology and occupational medicine was discussed.