The handsearching of 2 medical journals of Bahrain for reports of randomized controlled trials

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 526-530

  Al Hajeri, Amani A ^a   Fedorowicz, Zbigniew ^b   Amin, Fawzi A ^c   Eisinga, Anne ^d  

^a SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

^b Bahrain Branch UK Cochrane Centre   (Bahrain)

^c Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

^d UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BIOMEDICINE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EMBASE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

BAHRAIN; BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PERIODICALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645669193     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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