The status of electronic laboratory notebooks for chemistry and biology

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 348-353

  Taylor, Keith T ^a  

^a ELSEVIER MASSON   (France)

Author keywords

21 CFR part 11; Document management; ELabJournal; Electronic laboratory notebook; Electronic record; Electronic signature; ELN; Predicate rules; Scientific Data Management System; SDMS; Semantic Web

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG INDUSTRY; ELECTRONICS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; PATENT; REVIEW;

BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646856383     PISSN: 13676733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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