Comparing patient characteristics, type of intervention, control, and outcome (PICO) queries with unguided searching: A randomized controlled crossover trial

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-126

  Hoogendam, Arjen ^a,b   de Vries Robbé, Pieter F ^a   Overbeke, A John P M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Internal Medicine Dr Horacio E Oduber Hospitaal ^*  (Aruba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TIME;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS; PUBMED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865622062     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.100.2.010     Document Type: Article

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