Identifying observational studies of surgical interventions in MEDLINE and EMBASE

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Fraser, Cynthia ^a   Murray, Alison ^a   Burr, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST; MEDLINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PUBLICATION; SURGERY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EFFICIENCY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 33748758194     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-6-41     Document Type: Article

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