Search strategies to identify diagnostic accuracy studies in MEDLINE and EMBASE

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Beynon, Rebecca ^a   Leeflang, Mariska M G ^b   Mcdonald, Steve ^c   Eisinga, Anne ^d   Mitchell, Ruth L ^e   Whiting, Penny ^f   Glanville, Julie M ^g  

^a University of Bristol Canynge Hall   (United Kingdom)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^f KLEIJNEN SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DATA PROCESSING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGICAL SEARCH FILTER; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEARCH STRATEGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DOCUMENTATION; LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PROCEDURES; SEARCH ENGINE; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DIAGNOSIS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SEARCH ENGINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBJECT HEADINGS;

EID: 84892454252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000022.pub3     Document Type: Review

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