Information retrieval in telemedicine: A comparative study on bibliographic databases

Acta Informatica Medica

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 172-176

  Ahmadi, Maryam ^a   Sarabi, Roghayeh Ershad ^a   Orak, Roohangiz Jamshidi ^a   Bahaadinbeigy, Kambiz ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bibliographic databases; Information retrieval; Sensitivity; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CINAHL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDLINE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; SCOPUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; WEB OF SCIENCE;

EID: 84938244818     PISSN: 03538109     EISSN: 19865988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5455/aim.2015.23.172-176     Document Type: Article

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