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. 2017 Nov 15;17:380. doi: 10.1186/s12884-017-1560-9

Table 2.

PubMed search strategy

Pregnancy loss/miscarriage Men’s health outcomes
Abortion, habitual [mh]
OR
Abortion, spontaneous [mh]
OR
Stillbirth/psychology [mh]
OR
Miscarriage/psychology [mh]
OR
miscarriage*[tiab]
OR
Perinatal loss*[tiab]
OR
Stillbirth*[tiab]
Men’s health [mh]
OR
Fathers/psychology [mh]
OR
Spouse*[tiab]
OR
husband*[tiab]
OR
Men [tiab]
OR
Male [tiab]
OR
Males [tiab]
OR
Father*[tiab]
OR
Paternal [tiab]

The * acts as a truncation symbol, whereby the search includes all possible endings for the term