Searching for Studies

Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions: Cochrane Book Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 95-150

  Lefebvre, Carol ^a   Manheimer, Eric ^b   Glanville, Julie ^c  

^a UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL); CRG's Specialized Register; Current Controlled Trials metaRegister of Controlled Trials (mRCT); Healthcare Management Information Consortium (HMIC); MEDLINE and 'Retracted Publication'; MEDLINE and EMBASE studies search; MEDLINE and National Library of Medicine (NLM); Search strategy structure; Trials Search Co ordinator (TSC) and CRG

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883710616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470712184.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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