Search strategies - Identified reports on "off-label" drug use in MEDLINE

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 827-834

  Mesgarpour, Bita ^a   Müller, Markus ^a   Herkner, Harald ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bibliographic databases; Drug labeling; Information retrieval; MEDLINE; Off label use; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOLD STANDARD; MEDLINE; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEARCH ENGINE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862864937     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.01.020     Document Type: Review

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