Searching biomedical databases on complementary medicine: the use of controlled vocabulary among authors, indexers and investigators

• Main Authors: Adams Alan (Author), Seffinger Michael A (Author), Dickerson Vivian M (Author), Najm Wadie I (Author), Murphy Linda S (Author), Reinsch Sibylle (Author), Mishra Shiraz I (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2003-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The optimal retrieval of a literature search in biomedicine depends on the appropriate use of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), descriptors and keywords among authors and indexers. We hypothesized that authors, investigators and index...