Journal article
Developing Optimal Search Strategies for Detecting Clinically Sound Studies in MEDLINE
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To develop optimal MEDLINE search strategies for retrieving sound clinical studies of the etiology, prognosis, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of disorders in adult general medicine.
DESIGN: Analytic survey of operating characteristics of search strategies developed by computerized combinations of terms selected to detect studies meeting basic methodologic criteria for direct clinical use in adult general medicine.
Authors
Haynes RB; Wilczynski N; McKibbon KA; Walker CJ; Sinclair JC
Journal
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Vol. 1, No. 6, pp. 447–458
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
November 1, 1994
DOI
10.1136/jamia.1994.95153434
ISSN
1067-5027