Towards a methodology for cluster searching to provide conceptual and contextual "richness" for systematic reviews of complex interventions: Case study (CLUSTER)

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Booth, Andrew ^a   Harris, Janet ^a   Croot, Elizabeth ^a   Springett, Jane ^b   Campbell, Fiona ^a   Wilkins, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bibliographic databases; Database searching; Literature searching; Search strategies; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84884647416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-118     Document Type: Article

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