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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2024

Standardizing Extracted Data Using Automated Application of Controlled Vocabularies.

Caroline Foster, Jessica Wignall, Samuel Kovach, Neepa Choksi, Dave Allen, Joanne Trgovcich, Johanna R Rochester, Patricia Ceger, Amber Daniel, Jon Hamm and 6 more

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Article in Environmental health perspectives, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Caroline FosterICF, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9385-9329
Jessica WignallICF, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2947-7879
Samuel KovachICF, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Neepa ChoksiILS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Dave AllenILS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Joanne TrgovcichICF, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Johanna R RochesterICF, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Patricia CegerILS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Amber DanielILS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Jon HammILS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Jim TruaxILS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Bevin BlakeDivision of Translational Toxicology (DTT), NIEHS, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Barry McIntyreDivision of Translational Toxicology (DTT), NIEHS, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Vicki SutherlandDivision of Translational Toxicology (DTT), NIEHS, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Matthew D StoutDivision of Translational Toxicology (DTT), NIEHS, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Nicole KleinstreuerNational Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM), DTT, NIEHS, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7914-3682

Funding

Research Services Supporting the Division of Translational ToxicologyZICES103380 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HOOTH, MICHELLE · 2022 to 2025
$42.8M
Scientific Cyberinfrastructure Research ProgramZIAES103385 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WALKER, VICKIE · 2022 to 2025
$17.4M
Consumer Products and Therapeutics Research ProgramZIAES103379 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI TAYLOR, KYLA · 2022 to 2025
$9.9M
NIEHS NIH HHS HHSN273201500010CNIEHS NIH HHS HHSN273201600015C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExtraction of toxicological end points from primary sources is a central component of systematic reviews and human health risk assessments. To ensure optimal use of these data, consistent language should be used for end point descriptions. However, primary source language describing treatment-related end points can vary greatly, resulting in large labor efforts to manually standardize extractions before data are fit for use.

objectivesTo minimize these labor efforts, we applied an augmented intelligence approach and developed automated tools to support standardization of extracted information via application of preexisting controlled vocabularies.

methodsWe created and applied a harmonized controlled vocabulary crosswalk, consisting of Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) codes, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) DevTox harmonized terms, and The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) end point vocabularies, to roughly 34,000 extractions from prenatal developmental toxicology studies conducted by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) and 6,400 extractions from European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) prenatal developmental toxicology studies, all recorded based on the original study report language.

resultsWe automatically applied standardized controlled vocabulary terms to 75% of the NTP extracted end points and 57% of the ECHA extracted end points. Of all the standardized extracted end points, about half (51%) required manual review for potential extraneous matches or inaccuracies. Extracted end points that were not mapped to standardized terms tended to be too general or required human logic to find a good match. We estimate that this augmented intelligence approach saved DISCUSSION: Augmenting manual efforts with automation tools increased the efficiency of producing a findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) dataset of regulatory guideline studies. This open-source approach can be readily applied to other legacy developmental toxicology datasets, and the code design is customizable for other study types. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP13215.

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PMID38349723
PMCPMC10863721

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