Understanding why evidence from randomised clinical trials may not be retrieved from Medline: Comparison of indexed and non-indexed records

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7838, 2012, Pages

  Wieland, L Susan ^a,b   Robinson, Karen A ^b,c   Dickersin, Kay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDLINE; MESH HEADING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARD;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84857136986     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7501     Document Type: Article

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