Table 1.
Numbers of articles (abstracts) identified by each of the DEHM terms* when using different PubMed search fields
| DEHM terms | ||||
| Occupational diseases | Occupational exposure | Occupational health | Occupational medicine | |
| [MeSH Terms] | 92383 (39331) | 36193 (25358) | 17844 (7976) | 20862 (3128) |
| [Text Word] | 65162 (29299) | 33511 (26609) | 32148 (13745) | 22101 (4042) |
| [All Fields] | 65441 (29556) | 33511 (26609) | 40182 (20973) | 26422 (8018) |
| [MeSH Terms] OR [Text Word] | 92994 (39560) | 40577 (29209) | 32148 (13745) | 22101 (4092) |
| [All Fields] NOT ([MeSH Terms] OR [Text Word])† | 241 (223) | 0 (0) | 8034 (7228) | 4321 (3976) |
| [MeSH Terms] OR [Text Word] OR [All Fields]‡ | 93235 (39783) | 40577 (29209) | 40182 (20973) | 26422 (8018) |
*
DEHM terms: occupational diseases, occupational exposure, occupational health, occupational medicine.
†
Search field revealing numbers of articles in which the search terms appear only in the ‘affiliations’ or ‘journal names’.
‡
Most comprehensive search field.