Identifying systematic reviews in MEDLINE: Developing an objective approach to search strategy design

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 137-154

  Boynton, Janette ^a   Glanville, Julie ^b   McDaid, David ^c   Lefebvre, Carol ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; HEALTH CARE; ONLINE SEARCHING; RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE MEDLINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031676411     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016555159802400301     Document Type: Article

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