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. 1996 Aug 10;313(7053):342–343. doi: 10.1136/bmj.313.7053.342

Use of the capture-recapture technique to evaluate the completeness of systematic literature searches.

P Spoor 1, M Airey 1, C Bennett 1, J Greensill 1, R Williams 1
PMCID: PMC2351754  PMID: 8760743

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