Precision and recall of search strategies for identifying studies on return-to-work in medline

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-230

  Gehanno, Jean François ^a   Rollin, Laetitia ^a   Le Jean, Tony ^b   Louvel, Alexandre ^a   Darmoni, Stefan ^a   Shaw, William ^c  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Dieppe Hospital   (France)

^c LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Medline; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; GOLD STANDARD; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDLINE; MESH HEADING; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PUBLICATION; RECALL; REHABILITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VOCATION; WORK; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; MEDLINE; MENTAL RECALL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SICK LEAVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68349095160     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-009-9177-0     Document Type: Article

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