Assessment of MEDLINE search strategies for randomized controlled trials in prosthodontics

Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-13

  Dumbrigue, Herman B ^a   Esquivel, Josephine F ^a   Jones, Jack S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based dentistry; MEDLINE search; Precision; Sensitivity; Specificity; Trial methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

HUMANS; MEDLINE; PERIODICALS; PROSTHODONTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SUBJECT HEADINGS;

EID: 0034158003     PISSN: 1059941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-849X.2000.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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