Optimal Search Strategies for Detecting Clinically Sound Prognostic Studies in EMBASE: An Analytic Survey
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Research Paper: Optimal Search Strategies for Detecting Clinically Sound Prognostic Studies in EMBASE: An Analytic Survey
BACKGROUND Clinical end users of EMBASE have a difficult time retrieving articles that are both scientifically sound and directly relevant to clinical practice. Search filters have been developed to assist end users in increasing the success of their searches. Many filters have been developed for the literature on therapy and reviews for use in MEDLINE, but little has been done for use in EMBAS...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1067-5027,1527-974X
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m1752