The Sheffield generic structures project - A retrospective review

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 930-936

  Lynch, Michael F ^a   Holliday, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0007161843     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci950173l     Document Type: Review

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