SaRAD: A simple and Robust Abbreviation Dictionary

Bioinformatics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 527-533

  Adar, Eytan ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOCUMENTATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MEDLINE; NOMENCLATURE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMPLE AND ROBUST ABBREVIATION DICTIONARY;

EID: 1542505235     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btg439     Document Type: Article

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