Information about the synthesis of life forms: A document-oriented approach

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 348-369

  Kouper, Inna ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Generation and dissemination of information; Information science; Life sciences; Print media

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951465785     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411011038449     Document Type: Article

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