PubMed had a higher sensitivity than Ovid-MEDLINE in the search for systematic reviews

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 805-807

  Katchamart, Wanruchada ^a,b   Faulkner, Amy ^c   Feldman, Brian ^d,e   Tomlinson, George ^e,f   Bombardier, Claire ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Database; MEDLINE; Performance; PubMed; Search strategy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ACCURACY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); READING; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEARCH ENGINE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 79956212318     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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