Evaluating the impact of MEDLINE filters on evidence retrieval: Study protocol

Implementation Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Shariff, Salimah Z ^a   Cuerden, Meaghan S ^a   Haynes, R Brian ^b   McKibbon, K Ann ^b   Wilczynski, Nancy L ^b   Iansavichus, Arthur V ^a   Speechley, Mark R ^a   Thind, Amardeep ^a   Garg, Amit X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77954677128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-58     Document Type: Article

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