Complementary approaches to searching MEDLINE may be sufficient for updating systematic reviews

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 78, Issue , 2016, Pages 108-115

  Sampson, Margaret ^a   de Bruijn, Berry ^b   Urquhart, Christine ^c   Shojania, Kaveh ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical query; Information retrieval; MEDLINE; PubMed similar articles; Searches; Support vector machine; Systematic reviews; Updating

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLASSIFIER; CLINICAL QUERY; CLINICAL STUDY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEARCH ENGINE; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME; ALGORITHM; GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LITERATURE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 84964596874     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.03.004     Document Type: Article

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