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  1. Recommended Web Browsers
  2. EHP Account
  3. E-mail Alerts
  4. Printing PDFs
  5. Free Readers/Viewers
  6. Viewing and Using Multimedia Files
  7. Article Feeds
  8. XML Content
  9. Share This Article

Recommended Web Browsers

This site supports the following Web browsers:

Viewing Special Characters and Symbols

We are aware of problems with the display of some special characters and symbols within the articles on some browsers. To ensure you are seeing all special characters and symbols correctly, please look at the PDF version of the article.

EHP Account

You may read EHP without creating an account. However, an account is required to receive e-mail alerts and to comment on articles. Accounts are free.

Create Account

Create a EHP account at https://ehsehplp03.niehs.nih.gov/ambra-registration/register.action. A confirmation will be sent to your e-mail address with the title "Please verify your EHP registration". Use the URL in that e-mail to complete your registration.

Login

The "Login" is available near the top right corner of every journal page.

The first time you log in, you are required to create a profile with basic information, with which you will be identified whenever you rate or comment on an article. As part of your profile, you must choose a username. Your username is attached to all commentary that you make on the EHP web site. This means that all your commentary is credited and attributed to you. You cannot change your username. It is possible to get a new username by registering for a whole new account, but anything you have done on your original account will not transfer to the new account with the new username.

Lost Password

If you have forgotten your password, go to https://ehsehplp03.niehs.nih.gov/ambra-registration/forgotPassword.action, enter your E-mail address, and click "Submit". An e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address you use to log in to your EHP user account.

E-mail Alerts

Sign up for EHP e-mail alerts at https://ehsehplp03.niehs.nih.gov/ambra-registration/register.action. A confirmation will be sent to your e-mail address with the title "Please verify your EHP registration". Use the URL in that e-mail to complete your registration.

To unsubscribe from the e-mail alert:

  1. Login at https://ehsehplp03.niehs.nih.gov/ambra-registration/register.action. Enter your EHP login E-mail address and Password. Click "Go!".
  2. Please check/uncheck the boxes to subscribe/unsubscribe from a specific mailing list.
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Save".

To update your e-mail address to which e-mail alerts are sent:

  1. Login at https://ehsehplp03.niehs.nih.gov/ambra-registration/register.action. Enter your EHP login E-mail address and Password. Click "Go!".
  2. Under "Preferences", click "Change your e-mail address".
  3. Enter the new e-mail address which you wish to use to receive alerts and click "Submit".

Printing PDFs

If you have difficulty printing PDFs, please try updating the drivers on your printer. Printer driver updates are typically available from the printer manufacturer's Web site.

Here are links to several printer manufacturers' download Web sites:

If updating your printer drivers does not resolve the problem, please contact technical_assistance@ehp.niehs.nih.gov with detailed information, including your Web browser software (e.g., Internet Explorer 6.0), version of Adobe Acrobat Reader (or other PDF reader), computer operating system (e.g., Windows XP), and the URLs of the PDFs you are trying to print.

Free Readers/Viewers

Free software is available for viewing Adobe Acrobat PDF, Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint files. Download sites for a few popular free programs are listed below.

Document Type Free Viewers/Readers
PDF Adobe Acrobat Reader (cross-platform)
Xpdf (for X Window System under UNIX, VMS, and OS/2)
DOC Microsoft Word 97/2000 Viewer (for Windows)
XLS Microsoft Excel 97/2000 Viewer (for Windows)
PPT Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Viewer (for Windows) and PowerPoint Viewer 97/2000/2002 (for Windows) and PowerPoint 98 Viewer (for Mac OS)
All of the above OpenOffice.org offers a free cross-platform software suite for word-processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawing, and database design. Download for Windows/Linux/Solaris, Mac OS X, and Linux PPC.

Viewing and Using Multimedia Files

If your Web browser does not already have a plug-in to play videos and use Flash, Shockwave, and SVG (Scaleable Vector Graphics) files, there are free players and viewers available for download. We list just a few popular programs below.

File Type Free Players
MOV, MPG, or AVI Windows Media Player (for Windows and Mac); QuickTime (for Mac and Windows); MPlayer and Totem (for Linux)
SWF Macromedia Flash Player (for Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris)
DCR Macromedia Shockwave Player (for Windows and Mac)
SVG

Download the Adobe SVG Viewer (for Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris) installer program. You must run the installer program to install the plug-in, and for some Web browsers, including Netscape, Mozilla, and Opera, you must take additional steps to complete the installation. For more help, read Adobe's installation instructions and be sure to test your SVG plug-in. Opera users should read how to get Adobe SVG Viewer to work with Opera.

You may right-click or control-click on an SVG figure to save the file to your desktop.

Article Feeds

Want to keep abreast of EHP content without having to regularly visit our website? Our article feeds will allow you to do just that. Get more information about EHP article feeds.

XML Content

The XML for an individual article can be downloaded directly from that article's Web page using the "Download Article XML" link in the sidebar.

Share This Article

The 'bookmarklet' icons in the right-hand column of every article allow users to save and share links to EHP articles via a number of popular "social bookmarking" services such as Twitter, Stumble Upon, Facebook, Connotea, CiteULike, and digg.