Single screen of citations with excluded terms: An approach to citation screening in systematic reviews

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Carter, Brittany U ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract screening; Exclusion criteria; Literature search; Methodology; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LETTER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85050688285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-018-0782-x     Document Type: Letter

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