A comparison of handsearching versus EMBASE searching of the Annals of Saudi Medicine to identify reports of randomized controlled trials

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-51

  Cathey, John T ^a   Al Hajeri, Amani Ali ^b,d   Fedorowicz, Zbys ^c  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Bahrain Medical Bulletin   (Bahrain)

^c Bahrain Branch of the UK Cochrane Centre   (Bahrain)

^d Sulmaniya Medical Center   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; HUMAN; IRAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 33644551874     PISSN: 13199226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2006.49     Document Type: Article

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