Journal article
Assessment of methodologic search filters in MEDLINE.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the retrieval characteristics of methodologic textwords and MeSH terms in MEDLINE for identifying methodologically sound studies on the etiology, prognosis, diagnosis, and prevention and treatment of disorders in general adult medicine.
DESIGN: Comparison of methodologic search terms and phrases for the retrieval of citations in MEDLINE with a manual hand search of the literature (the gold standard) for 10 internal and …
Authors
Wilczynski NL; Walker CJ; McKibbon KA; Haynes RB
Journal
AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, , , pp. 601–605
Publication Date
1993
ISSN
1531-605X