The automation of controlled vocabulary subject indexing of medical journal articles

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 384-400

  Roberts, David ^a   Souter, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 19544373634     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eum0000000007030     Document Type: Article

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