Developing optimal search strategies for detecting clinically sound prognostic studies in MEDLINE: An analytic survey

BMC Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Wilczynski, Nancy L ^a   Haynes, R Brian ^a   Eady, Angela ^b   Haynes, Brian ^b   Marks, Susan ^b   McKibbon, Ann ^b   Morgan, Doug ^b   Walker Dilks, Cindy ^b   Walter, Stephen ^b   Werre, Stephen ^b   Wilczynski, Nancy ^b   Wong, Sharon ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS;

INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4243150745     PISSN: 17417015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-2-23     Document Type: Article

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