Searching the Literatura Latino Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) database improves systematic reviews

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 112-114

  Clark, Otavio Augusto Camara ^a,b   Castro, Aldemar Araujo ^c  

^a Instituto do Radium de Campinas   (Brazil)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bias; Bibliographic databases; Epidemiologic research design; Information systems; Meta analysis; Online systems; Reviews

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0036208315     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/31.1.112     Document Type: Article

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