Handsearching the EMHJ for reports of randomized controlled trials by UK Cochrane Centre (Bahrain)

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Al Hajeri, A ^a   Al Sayyad, J ^b   Eisinga, A ^c  

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

^b Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

^c UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; BAHRAIN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LIBRARIES, DIGITAL; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDLINE; PERIODICALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33846009495     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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