Consistency and accuracy of indexing systematic review articles and meta-analyses in medline

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-210

  Wilczynski, Nancy L ^a   Haynes, R Brian ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DATA BASE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBJECT HEADINGS;

EID: 69449092094     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2008.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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