Table 2.
Database search strategy.
| Number | Search term |
|---|---|
| a. PubMed | |
| 1 | (Lung Cancer) OR (Lung Neoplasms[MeSH Terms]) |
| 2 | (Screening) OR (Early Detection of Cancer[MeSH Terms]) |
| 3 | ((((Workers) OR (Employees)) OR (Occupational Groups[MeSH Terms])) OR (Workplace[MeSH Terms])) OR (“Occupational Setting”) |
| 4 | ((#1) AND (#2)) AND (#3) |
| 5 | ((#1) AND (#2)) AND (#3) Filters: English, German, from 2013–2024 |
| b. Web of science | |
| 1 | (ALL=(Lung Cancer)) OR (ALL=(Lung Neoplasms) |
| 2 | (ALL=(Screening)) OR (ALL=(Early Detection of Cancer) |
| 3 | ((((ALL=(Workers)) OR (ALL=(Employees)) OR (ALL=(Occupational Groups)) OR (ALL=(Workplace)) OR (ALL=(“Occupational Setting”) |
| 4 | #1 AND #2 AND #3 |
| 5 | #1 AND #2 AND #3 Filters: English, German, from 2013–2024 |
| c. Scopus | |
| 1 | Lung Cancer OR Lung Neoplasms |
| 2 | Screening OR Early Detection of Cancer |
| 3 | Workers OR Employees OR Occupational Groups OR Workplace OR “Occupational Setting” |
| 4 | #1 AND #2 AND #3 |
| 5 | #1 AND #2 AND #3 Filters: English, German, from 2013–2024 |
| d. CINAHL (Via EBSCO) | |
| 1 | (Lung Cancer) OR (MH “Lung Neoplasms”) |
| 2 | (MH “Cancer Screening”) OR (Early Detection of Cancer) |
| 3 | (Workers OR Employees OR Occupational Groups OR Workplace OR “Occupational Setting”) |
| 4 | ((#1) AND (#2)) AND (#3) |
| 5 | ((#1) AND (#2)) AND (#3) Filters: English, German, from 2013–2024 |
| *MH = Exact Subject Heading | |
| e. Science direct | |
| 1 | (Lung Cancer OR Lung Neoplasms) AND (Screening OR Early Detection of Cancer) AND (Workers OR Employees OR Occupational Groups OR Workplace OR “Occupational Setting”) Filters: English, German, from 2013–2024 |
| *Selected Journals: European Journal of Cancer; The Lancet Oncology; Lung Cancer; CHEST; Journal of Thoracic Oncology; Annals of Oncology; Cancer Epidemiology; Journal of Geriatric Oncology; Clinical Lung Cancer | |
| f. Cochrane library | |
| 1 | Lung Cancer |
| 2 | MeSH descriptor: [Lung Neoplasms] explode all trees |
| 3 | Screening |
| 4 | MeSH descriptor: [Early Detection of Cancer] explode all trees |
| 5 | Workers |
| 6 | Employees |
| 7 | MeSH descriptor: [Occupational Groups] explode all trees |
| 8 | MeSH descriptor: [Workplace] explode all trees |
| 9 | “Occupational Setting” |
| 10 | #1 OR #2 |
| 11 | #3 OR #4 |
| 12 | #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 |
| 13 | #10 AND #11 AND #12 |
| 14 | #10 AND #11 AND #12 Filters: English, German, from 2013–2024 |