Information retrieval for systematic reviews in food and feed topics: A narrative review

Research Synthesis Methods

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 527-539

  Wood, Hannah ^a   O'Connor, Annette ^b   Sargeant, Jan ^c   Glanville, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS;

ANIMAL FEED; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85041675250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17592887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.1289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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