Netting the evidence: Finding pearls, not sewage

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1023-1029

  Booth, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical appraisal; Evidence based medicine; The internet

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SEARCH ENGINE;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

EID: 33845381278     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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