1998

Bamford J, Davis A, Boyle J, Law J, Chapman S, Stewart Brown S, Sheldon TA. Preschool hearing, speech, language and vision screening. Qual Health Care. 1998;7(4):240-7

Bell R, Petticrew M, Sheldon TA. The performance of screening tests for ovarian cancer: results of a systematic review. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1998;105(11):1136-47

Bell R, Petticrew M, Sheldon TA, Luengo S. Screening for ovarian cancer: a systematic review. Health Technol Assess.1998;2(2):1-84

Boynton J, Glanville J, McDaid D, Lefebvre C. Identifying systematic reviews in MEDLINE: developing an objective approach to search strategy design. J Info Sci. 1998;24(3):137-57

Brautigam MRH, Blommaert FA, Verleye G, Castermans J, Jansen Steur ENH, Kleijnen J. Treatment of age-related memory complaints with Ginkgo biloba extract: a randomized double blind placebo controlled study. Phytomedicine. 1998;5(6):425-34

Clegg AJ, Delaney F, Gilbody SM, Sheldon TA, Sowden AJ, Tilford S, Turner-Boutle MN, Vogels M. Undertaking a systematic review: identifying effective interventions in mental health promotion. Psychiatr Care. 1998; 5:57-61

Cobelens FGJ, Leentvaar-Kuijpers A, Kleijnen J, Coutinho RA. Incidence and risk factors of diarrhoea in Dutch travellers: consequences for priorities in pre-travel health advice. Trop Med Int Health. 1998;3(11):896-903

De Craen AJM, Vickers AJ, Tijssen JGP, Kleijnen J. The number-needed-to-treat and placebo controlled trials. Lancet. 1998;351(9099):310

Dixon J, Sanderson C, Elliott P, Walls P, Jones J, Petticrew M. Assessment of the reproducibility of clinical coding in routinely collected hospital activity data: a study in two hospitals. J Public Health Med. 1998;20(1):63-9

Droogan J, Cullum N. Systematic reviews in nursing. Int J Nurs Stud. 1998;35(1-2):13-22

Ebrahim S, Smith GD, McCabe C, Payne N, Pickin M, Sheldon TA, Lampe F, Sampson F, Ward S, Wannamthee G. Cholesterol and coronary heart disease: screening and treatment. Qual Health Care. 1998;7(4):232-9

Entwistle V, Renfrew M, Yearley S, Forrester J, Lamont T. Lay perspectives: advantages for health research. BMJ. 1998;316:463-6

Entwistle V, Sheldon T, Sowden A, Watt I. Evidence informed patient choice: practical issues of involving patients in decisions about health care technologies. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 1998;14(2):212-25

Entwistle VA, Sowden AJ, Watt IS. Evaluating interventions to promote patient involvement in decision-making: by what criteria should effectiveness be judged? J Health Serv Res Policy. 1998;3(2):100-7

Entwistle VA, Watt IS, Davis H, Dickson R, Pickard D, Rosser J. Developing information materials to present the findings of technology assessments to consumers: the experience of the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 1998;14(1):47-70

Freemantle N, Mason JM, Watt I. Evidence into practice: prescribing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 1998;14(2):387-91

Glanville J. Where's the evidence? How to find clinical effectiveness information. Clin Perform Qual Health Care. 1998;6(1):44-8

Glanville J, Haines M, Auston I. Finding information on clinical effectiveness. BMJ. 1998;317(7152):200-3

Harvey EL, Glenny AM, Kirk SFL, Summerbell CD. Effective professional practice: protocol for a systematic review of health professionals' management of obesity. J Hum Nutr Diet. 1998;11(3):243-7

Johnson PWM, Simnett SJ, Sweetenham JW, Morgan GJ, Stewart LA. Bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for malignancy. Health Technol Assess. 1998;2(8)

Kleijnen J. The use and abuse of placebo in clinical trials. Forsch Komplementaermed. 1998;5(S1):125-7

Kleijnen J, Bonsel G. The new NHS: commentaries on the white paper. Encouraging responsibility: different paths to accountability. Guidelines and quality of clinical services in the new NHS. BMJ. 1998;316(7127):299-300

Kleijnen J, Offringa M. Evidence based public health en de Cochrane Collaboration. Tijdschr Soc Gezondheidsz. 1998;76(5):288-9

Law J, Boyle J, Harris F, Harkness A, Nye C. Screening for speech and language delay: a systematic review of the literature. Health Technol Assess. 1998;2(9):1-184

McKee M, Sheldon TA. Measuring performance in the NHS. BMJ. 1998;316:322.

Melville A, Eastwood A. Management of lung cancer. Qual Health Care. 1998;7(3):170-7

Melville A, Sheldon TA, Gray R, Sowden A. Management of colorectal cancer. Qual Health Care. 1998;7(2):103-8

Petticrew M. Diagoras of Melos (500 BC): an early analyst of publication bias. Lancet. 1998;352(9139):1558

Petticrew M. Down with EBM!. BMJ. 1998;317(7174):1720-1

Petticrew M. Heroic medicine in the Iron Age. BMJ. 1998;317:288

Petticrew M. Uranus attacks! Herschel's legacy. BMJ. 1998;317(7155):389

Petticrew M, Sculpher MJ, Kelland J, Elliott R, Holdright D, Buxton M. Effective management of stable angina. Qual Health Care.1998;7(2):109-16

Pickin DM, Payne N, Sampson F, McCabe C, Ebrahim S, Davey-Smith G, Sheldon TA. Cost effectiveness of interventions to reduce mortality from coronary heart disease. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1998;52(10):682

Reitsma H, Limburg M, Kleijnen J, Bonsel G, Tijssen J. Epidemiology of stroke in The Netherlands from 1972 to 1994: the end of the decline in stroke mortality. Neuroepidemiology. 1998;17:121-31

Rogers A, Entwistle V, Pencheon D. A patient led NHS: managing demand at the interface between lay and primary care. BMJ. 1998;316(7147):1816-9

Sculpher MJ, Petticrew M, Kelland JL, Elliott RA, Holdright DR, Buxton MJ. Resource allocation for chronic stable angina: a systematic review of effectiveness, costs and cost-effectiveness of alternative interventions. Health Technol Assess. 1998;2(10):1-176

Sheldon TA. Promoting health care quality: what role performance indicators? Qual Health Care. 1998;7 Suppl:S45-50

Sheldon TA, Guyatt GH, Haines A. Getting research findings into practice: when to act on the evidence. BMJ. 1998;317(7151):139-42

Song F, Glenny AM. Antimicrobial prophylaxis in colorectal surgery: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Br J Surg. 1998;85(9):1232-41

Song F, Glenny AM. Antimicrobial prophylaxis in colorectal surgery: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Health Technol Assess. 1998;2(7):1-110

Sutton AJ, Abrams KR, Jones DR, Sheldon TA, Song F. Systematic reviews of trials and other studies. Health Technol Assess.1998;2(19):1-276

Turner-Boutle M. Cholesterol and coronary heart disease: screening and treatment. Nurs Times. 1998;94(15):46-7

Turner-Boutle M. On the evidence. Pre-school hearing, speech, language and vision screening. Health Serv J. 1998;108(5602):36-7

Turner-Boutle M, Dinnes J. On the evidence. Cardiac rehabilitation. Health Serv J. 1998;108(5619):26-7

Turner-Boutle M, Sheldon T, Smith GD, Ebrahim S. On the evidence. Cholesterol and coronary heart disease: screening and treatment. Health Serv J. 1998;108(5593):36-7