A Framework for the Evaluation of Chemical Structure Databases

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3-6, 2001, Pages 1131-1140

  Cooke, Frank ^a   Schofield, Helen ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; ROM; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

REACTION DATABASES;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035470299     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci010360l     Document Type: Article

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