Journal article
EMBASE search strategies achieved high sensitivity and specificity for retrieving methodologically sound systematic reviews
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Systematic reviews of the literature are instrumental for bridging research to health care practice and are widely available through databases such as MEDLINE and EMBASE. Search strategies have been developed to aid users in MEDLINE, but no empirical work has been done for EMBASE. The objective of this study was to develop search strategies that optimize the retrieval of methodologically sound systematic reviews from EMBASE.
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Authors
Wilczynski NL; Haynes RB; Team FTH
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 29–33
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
1 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.04.001
ISSN
0895-4356