Improving searching skills and evidence retrieval

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 557-563

  Rosenberg, William M C ^a   Deeks, Jon ^a   Lusher, Anne ^a   Snowball, Robin ^a   Dooley, Gordon ^a   Sackett, David ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDLINE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH; ULCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDLINE; RESEARCH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULCER;

EID: 0032200850     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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