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Leenaars M, Hooijmans CR, van Veggel N, ter Riet G, Leeflang M, Hooft L, van der Wilt GJ, Tillema A;,Ritskes-Hoitinga M. A step-by-step guide to systematically identify all relevant animal studies. Lab Anim 2022;46(1):24-31.
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van der Mierden S, Hooijmans CR, Tillema AH, Rehn S, Bleich A, Leenaars CH. Laboratory animals search filter for different literature databases: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and PsycINFO. Lab Anim 2022;56(3):279-286. [Embase.com, Ovid]
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de Vries R B M, Hooijmans C R, Tillema A, Leenaars M, Ritskes-Hoitinga M. Updated version of the Embase search filter for animal studies. Lab Anim 2014;48(1):88. Epub 2013 Jul 8.
Launch search filter for Ovid Embase (subscribers only)
Canada's Drug Agency.
"Standard" filter to identify animal studies. Multifile search in Ovid MEDLINE and Embase. Last updated November 2012.
"Standard" filter to identify animal studies. Multifile search in Ovid MEDLINE, Embase and PyscINFO. Last updated November 2012.
de Vries R B M, Hooijmans C R, Tillema A, Leenaars M, Ritskes-Hoitinga M. A search filter for increasing the retrieval of animal studies in Embase. Lab Anim 2011;45(4):268-270
University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library. Filters for animal studies.
van der Mierden S, Hooijmans CR, Tillema AH, Rehn S, Bleich A, Leenaars CH. Laboratory animals search filter for different literature databases: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and PsycINFO. Lab Anim 2022;56(3):279-286. [PubMed]
Cassidy L C, Leenaars C H C, Rincon A V & Pfefferle D. Comprehensive search filters for retrieving publications on nonhuman primates for literature reviews (filterNHP). Am J Primatol 2021; 83: e23287. [PubMed]
Canada's Drug Agency.
"Standard" filter to identify animal studies. Multifile search in Ovid MEDLINE and Embase. Last updated November 2012.
"Standard" filter to identify animal studies. Multifile search in Ovid MEDLINE, Embase and PyscINFO. Last updated November 2012.
"Standard" filter for PubMed. Last updated November 2012.
Hooijmans C R, Tillema A, et al. Enhancing search efficiency by means of a search filter for finding all studies on animal experimentation in PubMed. Lab Anim 2010;44(3):170-17
van der Mierden S, Hooijmans CR, Tillema AH, Rehn S, Bleich A, Leenaars CH. Laboratory animals search filter for different literature databases: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and PsycINFO. Lab Anim 2022;56(3):279-286. [Psycnet.apa.org, Ovid]
Launch search filter for Ovid APA PsycINFO (subscribers only)
University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library. Filter for animal studies. [Ovid]
Cassidy L C, Leenaars C H C, Rincon A V & Pfefferle D. Comprehensive search filters for retrieving publications on nonhuman primates for literature reviews (filterNHP). Am J Primatol 2021; 83: e23287. [EBSCOhost]
Canada's Drug Agency. "Standard" filter to identify animal studies. Multifile search in Ovid MEDLINE, Embase and PyscINFO. Last updated November 2012.
van der Mierden S, Hooijmans CR, Tillema AH, Rehn S, Bleich A, Leenaars CH. Laboratory animals search filter for different literature databases: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and PsycINFO. Lab Anim 2022;56(3):279-286. [Web of Science]
Cassidy L C, Leenaars C H C, Rincon A V & Pfefferle D. Comprehensive search filters for retrieving publications on nonhuman primates for literature reviews (filterNHP). Am J Primatol 2021; 83: e23287. [Web of Science]