An overview of the design and methods for retrieving high-quality studies for clinical care

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Wilczynski, Nancy L ^a   Morgan, Douglas ^a   Haynes, R Brian ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; PROCEDURES; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLICATION; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EFFICIENCY; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 23944459895     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-5-20     Document Type: Review

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