Searching MEDLINE for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health literature: Questionable sensitivity

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-148

  Sladek, Ruth M ^a   Tieman, Jennifer J ^a   Tyndall, Jess ^a   Phillips, Paddy A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; Australia; Information storage and retrieval; MEDLINE; Oceanic ancestry group; Professional competence

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SEEKING; MEDLINE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PUBLICATION; ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE;

HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MEDLINE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84878188658     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hir.12018     Document Type: Article

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