Identifying controlled studies of alcohol-impaired driving prevention: Designing an effective search strategy

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-162

  Goss, Cynthia ^a   Lowenstein, Steven ^a   Roberts, Ian ^b   DiGuiseppi, Carolyn ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Driving; Indexing; Information retrieval; Information systems; Online searching; Program evaluation; Search strategies; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEARCH ENGINES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WORD PROCESSING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEARCH STRATEGIES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33947124959     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551506068376     Document Type: Review

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