Information quality of environmental and chemical databases exemplified by high production volume chemicals and pharmaceuticals

Online Information Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-23

  Voigt, Kristina ^a   Brüggemann, Rainer ^b   Pudenz, Stefan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c Criterion   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemicals; Environmental studies; Mathematical sciences; Online databases; Pharmaceuticals industry

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SERVICES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES; ONLINE DATABASES; PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33644903229     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520610650273     Document Type: Article

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