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Table 2 MeSH (Medline) and EMtree (EMBASE) descriptors used in search strategy

From: Hazardous waste and health impact: a systematic review of the scientific literature

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MeSH descriptors

#1 Exposure

(HAZARDOUS WASTE + NT/CT) AND ((ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH + NT/CT) OR ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE + NT/CT))

#2 Health outcomes

(EPIDEMIOLOGY/CT)a OR (MORTALITY/CT)b

#3

#1 AND #2

 

EMtree descriptors

#1 Exposure

*HAZARDOUS WASTE + NT/CT

#2 Health outcomes

EPIDEMIOLOGY + NT/CT

#3

#1 AND #2

  1. aEpidemiology: used with human and veterinary diseases for the distribution of disease, factors which cause disease, and the attributes of disease in defined populations; includes incidence, frequency, prevalence, endemic and epidemic outbreaks; also surveys and estimates of morbidity in geographic areas and in specified populations. Used also with geographical headings for the location of epidemiologic aspects of a disease. Excludes mortality for which “mortality” is used. (National Library of Medicine)
  2. bMortality: Used with human and veterinary diseases for mortality statistics. For deaths resulting from various procedures statistically but for a death resulting in a specific case, use FATAL OUTCOME, not /mortality. (National Library of Medicine)
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