TABLE 1—

Initial Search Strategy for Evaluating the Literature on Occupational and Personal Risk Factors for Occupational Illness and Injury

PRF Category	Previous 2 Years	Previous 5 Years	All Yearsa
Genetics			Genetics and work
Age		Age and work
Gender		Gender and work
Chronic disease	Stress and work: terms in title only (preceding 3 y); work-related diseases, injuries (preceding y only)	Chronic diseases/conditions and work; stress, acute and work; stress, chronic and work	Preexisting conditions, occupational exposure, occupational diseases and work; preexisting conditions (terms in title/abstract) and workplace terms in title field only
Obesity			Exercise, occupational exposure, occupational diseases and work; physical fitness, occupational exposure, occupational diseases and work
Smoking	Smoking, occupational exposure, occupational diseases and work	Smoking and work: terms in title field only
Alcohol		Alcohol and work (title field only)
Prescription drug use			Prescription drugs, occupational exposure, occupational diseases and work; prescription drugs and work: terms in title field only

Note. PRF = personal risk factor. Literature searches for each personal risk factor combined with various occupational risk factors were conducted. Search strategies differed in number of years back in the literature the search was conducted, and this was dictated by individual characteristics of the PRF or occupational risk factor being searched. General searches refer to search terms that were not specific to any single PRF.

^aGeneral searches for all years included the following terms: work, work-related, workplace, worksite; workforce, workers; occupation, occupations, occupational; employment, employee; job; health behaviors and work (title field only); lifestyle and work (title field only); multifactorial etiologies, occupational exposures, occupational diseases and work.