Searching multiple databases for systematic reviews: added value or diminishing returns?
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in Complementary Therapies in Medicine
- Vol. 12 (4) , 228-232
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2004.09.003
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