Natural history collections: A call for national information infrastructure

Current Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-42

  Chavan, Vishwas ^a   Krishnan, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

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EID: 4444327233     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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