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Title: Development of a biomedical data base on the medical aspects of chemical defense. Annual report, 19 November 1987-31 October 1988

Abstract

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 19 November 1987 through 31 December 1988, 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 databases containing citations from the worldwide literature. Within the 12-month period, ACI also succeeded in modifying the CARS Thesaurus by making key revisions. The CARS Thesaurus now includes a faceted structure using general biomedical index terms and tree structures. Significant automation with the Automated Citation Tracking System (CITES) and the CARS Update Tracking System (CUTS) significantly increased the efficiency and level of production while providing reduced costs to the government.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Associate Consultants, Inc., Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6061966
Report Number(s):
AD-A-228230/9/XAB
CNN: DAMD17-86-C-6083
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DATA BASE MANAGEMENT; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; COMPILED DATA; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL ASPECTS; INDEXES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LIBRARIES; NATIONAL DEFENSE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGRESS REPORT; US DOD; DATA; DOCUMENT TYPES; INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT; MEDICINE; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WARFARE; WEAPONS; 450000* - Military Technology, Weaponry, & National Defense; 990300 - Information Handling

Citation Formats

Landry, L A. Development of a biomedical data base on the medical aspects of chemical defense. Annual report, 19 November 1987-31 October 1988. United States: N. p., 1988. Web.
Landry, L A. Development of a biomedical data base on the medical aspects of chemical defense. Annual report, 19 November 1987-31 October 1988. United States.
Landry, L A. 1988. "Development of a biomedical data base on the medical aspects of chemical defense. Annual report, 19 November 1987-31 October 1988". United States.
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abstractNote = {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 19 November 1987 through 31 December 1988, 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 databases containing citations from the worldwide literature. Within the 12-month period, ACI also succeeded in modifying the CARS Thesaurus by making key revisions. The CARS Thesaurus now includes a faceted structure using general biomedical index terms and tree structures. Significant automation with the Automated Citation Tracking System (CITES) and the CARS Update Tracking System (CUTS) significantly increased the efficiency and level of production while providing reduced costs to the government.},
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year = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1988},
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