Gender-specific Filters

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Publications that review search filter performance

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Individual search filters


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Embase

Stewart F, Fraser C, Robertson C et al. Are men difficult to find? Identifying male-specific studies in MEDLINE and Embase. Syst Rev 3, 78 (2014). 

MEDLINE

Lorenzetti DL, Lin Y. Locating sex- and gender-specific data in health promotion research: evaluating the sensitivity and precision of published filters. J Med Libr Assoc. 2017;105 (3): 216-225.


Song MM, Simonsen CK, Wilson JD, Jenkins MR. Development of a PubMed Based Search Tool for Identifying Sex and Gender Specific Health Literature. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016;25(2):181-7. [PubMed]

Stewart F, Fraser C, Robertson C et al. Are men difficult to find? Identifying male-specific studies in MEDLINE and Embase. Syst Rev 2014;3:78. 

Moerman C J, Deurenberg R & Haafkens J A. Locating sex-specific evidence on clinical questions in MEDLINE: a search filter for use on OvidSP™. BMC Med Res Methodol 2009;9: 25. 

OVID sex specific search filter [undated]