The sensitivity and precision of search terms in Phases I, II and III of the Cochrane Highly Sensitive Search Strategy for identifying reports of randomized trials in medline in a specific area of health care - HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment interventions

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-109

  Eisinga, Anne ^a   Siegfried, Nandi ^a,b   Clarke, Mike ^a  

^a UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDLINE; MESH HEADING; METHODOLOGY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; BIBLIOMETRICS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250659390     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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