PubMed Screen

Automates the initial screening phase of systematic PubMed search using keywords.

Developing

To install this package for development on Linux:

1. Create a virtual environment.

$ python3 -m venv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate

2. Install an editable development version of the package with pip.

$ pip3 install --editable .[dev]

3. Edit the src/pubmed_screen/main.py file to make changes.

4. Run the script with the pmscreen command that was installed by pip.

$ pmscreen
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Welcome to PubMed Screen.
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PubMed Screen allows you to optimize your search strategy.
Would you like to create a search (enter: 1) or compare searches (enter: 2)?