Table 1.
Search Parameters for Concept Analysis
| Online Databases* | CINAHL1 1980–2015 |
ProQuest Dissertations2 1980–2015 |
PubMed3 1980–2015 |
Sociological Abstracts4,5 1980–2015 |
U.S.6.7 | International6,8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Citations | 379 | 107 | 550 | 241 | 257 | 2,450 | |
| Exclusion Criteria: abstract | |||||||
| the word “exposure” not used in the context of environmental health and nursing |
271 | 93 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| the word “exposure” not used in the context of environmental health and related disciplines |
-- | -- | 433 | 190 | 242 | 832 | |
| Inclusion Criteria: abstract | |||||||
| the word "exposure" used in the context of environmental health nursing |
108 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| the word "exposure" used in the context of environmental health and related disciplines |
-- | -- | 197 | 75 | 15 | 18 | |
| Number of Articles/Documents Reviewed, Categorized and Analyzed by discipline/area of specialty, context, explicit definition, implicit definition, and existing measures |
108 | 14 | 197 | 75 | 15 | 18 | |
| Keywords | Filters |
|---|---|
| 1exposure, environmental health or occupational health, concept | English, peer-reviewed, human |
| 2exposure and nursing (department) | English |
| 3exposure, environmental health, concept, specific discipline | English, journal article, human |
| 4exposure, environmental health or occupational health, concept | English, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal |
| 5exposure, boundary or crossing | English, five years, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal |
| 6dictionary, definition, exposure |
U.S. Government and Professional Organization Websites: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Institute of Medicine (IOM), American Nurses Association (ANA), Institute of Physics (IOP)
International and Professional Organization Websites: World Health Organization (WHO), International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), International Labour Organization (ILO), European Union Environment Agency (EEA), International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), International Council of Nurses (ICN)
Database searches were conducted in January/February 2015