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If you cannot find a systematic review or CPG related to your research question, the next step is to search for individual or primary studies to identify the most current research. An article search for background questions can retrieve a LOT of studies. This is why it is better to use the reference texts to gather basic information and then generate a specific, focused, foreground question for the journal database search.
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Tip #1: Use AND / OR / brackets ( )
Background question: What are the nutritional factors related to bone health?
(bone density OR bone fractures OR bones) AND (diet OR nutrition)
Foreground question: What is the effect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on the incidence of stress fractures in the adult athlete?
calcium AND vitamin D AND (stress fractures or bone fractures OR bone density) AND athlete
Tip #2: Use the PubMed search terms (MeSH headings) for a topic
Find MeSH headings in the MeSH database on the PubMed homepage or listed underneath the abstract of an article.
keyword | Mesh heading | PubMed search |
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seniors |
aged |
(seniors OR aged) |