Searching for high-quality articles about intervention studies in occupational health – what is really missed when using only the Medline database?
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Searching for high-quality articles about intervention studies in occupational health--what is really missed when using only the Medline database?
OBJECTIVE Most occupational health physicians access electronic databases to obtain reliable medical information. Although it has been demonstrated that the use of Medline alone does not ensure comprehensiveness, many experts rely solely on this database. Our study aimed to discover to what extent the physician who limits his/her search to Medline misses studies of high quality. METHODS We co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0355-3140,1795-990X
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3082