A novel system for rapidly identifying toxic chemicals.
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First-responders have a critical need to rapidly identify toxic chemicals during emergencies. However, current systems such as WISER require a large number of inputs before a chemical can be identified. Here we present a novel system which significantly reduces the number of inputs required to identify a toxic chemical.
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- AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
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تاریخ انتشار 2008