Evaluation of PubMed filters used for evidence-based searching: validation using relative recall
Open Access
- 1 July 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University Library System, University of Pittsburgh in Journal of the Medical Library Association
- Vol. 97 (3) , 186-193
- https://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.97.3.007
Abstract
The research sought to determine the value of PubMed filters and combinations of filters in literature selected for systematic reviews on therapy-related clinical questions.References to 35,281 included and 48,514 excluded articles were extracted from ...Keywords
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