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Extracting polynomial coefficients?



I have a very long polynomial that's a function of four variables, a, b,
c, d.  I would like Mathematica to (1) tell me what combinations of a,
b, c, and d are in my polynomial, and (2) tell me what the coefficients
are for each of the variable terms.

For example, say I have constant terms r and q.  My polynomial might
look something like

4 a^2 b^3 c + r q d^5 + a d^3 + q c^2 a^2 + r^2 a d^3

I would like to have Mathematica output something like:

a^2 b^3  =>  4
d^5  => r q
a d^3  => 1 + r^2
c^2 a^2  => q

The polynomial is long enough that it would be very time-consuming to
search through and identify all the combinations of (a,b,c,d).

Any help appreciated.  Thanks.

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