Retrieval of overviews of systematic reviews in MEDLINE was improved by the development of an objectively derived and validated search strategy

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 74, Issue , 2016, Pages 107-118

  Lunny, Carole ^a   McKenzie, Joanne E ^a   McDonald, Steve ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

MEDLINE; Overviews of systematic reviews; Search filter; Search strategy design; Sensitivity; Text mining

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED VOCABULARY; FILTER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDLINE; POPULATION SET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEARCH STRATEGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST SET; VALIDATION STUDY; DATA MINING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LITERATURE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATA MINING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84954285803     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.12.002     Document Type: Article

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