Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of diagnosis from Medline: analytical survey
BMJ 2004; 328 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38068.557998.EE (Published 29 April 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;328:1040Data supplement
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Ms #128280: Haynes RB, Wilczynski NL. Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of Diagnosis from MEDLINE: An analytic survey.
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Ms #128280: Haynes RB, Wilczynski NL. Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of Diagnosis from MEDLINE: An analytic survey.
Full Title of Journals Indexed in MEDLINE
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
Addiction
Age & Ageing
AJR American Journal of Roentgenology
American Journal of Cardiology
American Journal of Epidemiology
American Journal of Gastroenterology
American Journal of Medicine
American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Journal of Psychiatry
American Journal of Public Health
American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine
American Journal of Sports Medicine
American Journal of Surgery
Annals of Emergency Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
Annals of Medicine
Annals of Surgery
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
ANS Advances in Nursing Science
Applied Nursing Research
Archives of Disease in Childhood
Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal Edition
Archives of Family Medicine
Archives of General Psychiatry
Archives of Internal Medicine
Archives of Medical Research
Archives of Neurology
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Archives of Surgery
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Arthroscopy
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
Behaviour Research & Therapy
Birth
BJOG
BMJ
British Journal of Clinical Psychology
British Journal of General Practice
British Journal of Psychiatry
British Journal of Surgery
Canadian Journal of Cardiology
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie
Canadian Journal of Public Health Revue Canadienne de Sante Publique
Canadian Journal of Surgery
Canadian Respiratory Journal
Cancer
Cancer Nursing
Chest
Child Development
Circulation
Clinical & Investigative Medicine Medecine Clinique et Experimentale
Clinical Nursing Research
Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research
Clinical Pediatrics
Clinical Psychology Review
CMAJ
Cochrane database of systematic reviews computer file
Critical Care Medicine
Development & Psychopathology
Diabetes Care
Diabetic Medicine
Family Planning Perspectives
Family Practice
Fertility & Sterility
Foot & Ankle International
Gastroenterology
General Hospital Psychiatry
Gut
Health Education & Behavior
Health Psychology
Heart
Heart & Lung
Hypertension
Injury
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
JAMA
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Journal of Affective Disorders
Journal of Arthroplasty
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders
Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery American Volume
Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology
Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry & allied disciplines
Journal of Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Journal of Clinical Nursing
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology
Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology
Journal of Cutaneous Medicine & Surgery
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
Journal of Family Practice
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Journal of Hand Surgery American Volume
Journal of Hand Surgery British Volume
Journal of Infectious Diseases
Journal of Internal Medicine
Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics
Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences
Journal of Neurosurgery (suppl Journal of Neurosurgery Spine)
Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Journal of Orthopaedic Research
Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics
Journal of Pediatrics
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Journal of Rheumatology
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Journal of Trauma Injury Infection & Critical Care
Journal of Vascular Surgery
Lancet
Medical Care
Medical Journal of Australia
Midwifery
Neurology
Neurosurgery
New England Journal of Medicine
Nursing Research
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Pain
Patient Education & Counseling
Pediatric Radiology
Pediatrics
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Psychiatric Services
Psychological Assessment
Psychological Bulletin
Psychological Medicine
Psychology & Aging
Psychosomatic Medicine
Public Health Nursing
Qualitative Health Research
Quality in Health Care
Radiology
Research in Nursing & Health
Schizophrenia Bulletin
Social Science & Medicine
Spine
Stroke
Surgery
Thorax
Western Journal of Medicine
Western Journal of Nursing Research
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