Use of the capture-recapture technique to evaluate the completeness of systematic literature searches

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7053, 1996, Pages 342-343

  Spoor, Pat ^a   Airey, Mark ^a   Bennett, Cathy ^a   Greensill, Julie ^a   Williams, Rhys ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Epidemiol and Pub Health ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029809726     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7053.342     Document Type: Article

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