Using built-in functions of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to help the selection process in systematic review of randomized trials

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Using built-in functions of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to help the selection process in systematic review of randomized trials

This letter describes a simple way of using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to help select and auto-extract data from Portable Document Format (PDFs) of randomised trials in order to assist swift early selection of trials for a systematic review

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Nur, Selin, Adams, Clive E., Brailsford, David F.
Format:	Article
Published:	BioMed Central 2016
Subjects:	Systematic reviews Automation Text mining Portable Document Format (PDF)
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31840/

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