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Computer techniques for retrieval of information from the chemical literature

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Veal, D.C. (1973). Computer techniques for retrieval of information from the chemical literature. In: Computers in Chemistry. Fortschritte der Chemischen Forschung, vol 39/1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0051318

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