A population search filter for hard-to-reach populations increased search efficiency for a systematic review

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 554-559

  Cooper, Chris ^a   Levay, Paul ^b   Lorenc, Theo ^c   Craig, Gillian M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged; Equity; Hard to reach; Information retrieval; Information science; Literature searching; Search filter; Systematic review methodology; Tuberculosis; Vulnerable

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DENTIST; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FILTER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEARCH ENGINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

DISADVANTAGED; EQUITY; HARD TO REACH; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LITERATURE SEARCHING; SEARCH FILTER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW METHODOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; VULNERABLE;

HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84897498377     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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