Optimizing search strategies to identify randomized controlled trials in MEDLINE

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Zhang, Li ^a   Ajiferuke, Isola ^b   Sampson, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUNTEER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PROCEDURES; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 33745771407     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-6-23     Document Type: Article

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