Identification of randomized controlled trials from the emergency medicine literature: Comparison of hand searching versus MEDLINE searching

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-34

  Langham, J ^a   Thompson, E ^a   Rowan, K ^a  

^a and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032983972     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(99)70268-4     Document Type: Article

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