Meta-epidemiologic analysis indicates that MEDLINE searches are sufficient for diagnostic test accuracy systematic reviews

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1192-1199

  Van Enst, Wynanda A ^a,d   Scholten, Rob J P M ^a   Whiting, Penny ^b,c   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^a   Hooft, Lotty ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KLEIJNEN SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comprehensive searches; Diagnostic test accuracy; Dissemination bias; MEDLINE; Meta analyses; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MEDLINE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84908300235     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.05.008     Document Type: Review

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