Continue development of a biomedical data base on the medical aspects of chemical defense. Annual report

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5970902

Landry, L A

This report documents a one-year period of activities encompassing the further development and maintenance of the automated information system known as the Chemical Agent Retrieval System (CARS) for the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD). During the period 18 November 1985 through 17 November 1986, Associate Consultants, Inc. (ACI), creator of the prototype system, expanded the database with relevant research articles taken from USAMRICD research reports and CRDEC holdings, medical and scientific libraries within the Washington area, and on-line searches of machine-readable database containing citations from the world-wide literature. ACI began entry of the results of these searches into the citation-tracking system file (CITES). To assist with automated retrieval of the documents, ACI wrote and tested a modular posting-switching program for expansion and maintenance of the thesaurus. ACI also initiated a study of the impact upon the contract of acquiring an Army-owned/ACI located VAX.

• Research Organization: Associate Consultants, Inc., Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5970902
• Report Number(s): AD-A-228365/3/XAB; CNN: DAMD17-86-C-6083
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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