Table 1.

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Search	Text words
#1 Exposure	(INDUSTR? OR ILLEGAL OR HAZARDOUS OR TOXIC) (W) (WAST? OR LANDFILL OR DUMP?)
#2 Health outcomes	(RESPIRATORY OR CARDIOVASCULAR OR URINARY OR KIDNEY) OR (ADVERSE EFFECT OR HEALTH EFFECT OR HEALTH IMPACT) OR (CANCER OR TUMOR OR NEOPLASM) OR (CONGENITAL OR REPRODUCT? OR BIRTH OR NEONATAL) OR (BIRTH? OR REPROD? OR TERATO?) OR (DIABETE? OR THYROID?) OR (ACUTE EFFECT) OR (ACUTE TOXIC?)
#3 Biomonitoring	(BIOMONITOR? OR BIO(W) MONITOR?)
#4	#1 AND #2 AND #3