American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 56, Issue 1 , Pages 14-22 , July 2010

Optimal Search Filters for Renal Information in EMBASE

  • Arthur V. Iansavichus, MLIS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    • ,
  • R. Brian Haynes, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    • ,
  • Salimah Z. Shariff, BMath

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    • ,
  • Matthew Weir, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    • ,
  • Nancy L. Wilczynski, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    • ,
  • Ann McKibbon, MLS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    • ,
  • Faisal Rehman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    • ,
  • Amit X. Garg, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Amit X. Garg, MD, PhD, London Kidney Clinical Research Unit, Rm ELL-101, Westminster, London Health Sciences Centre, 800 Commissioners Rd E, London, Ontario N6A 4G5, Canada

Received 14 August 2009 ,Accepted 27 November 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.11.026 on March 15, 2010.

PII: S0272-6386(10)00004-1

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.11.026

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