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. 2017 Nov 14;8:2008. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02008

Table 2.

The number of studies found per source across the various stages of the literature selection process.

Stage Source Remaining number of findings
Initial findings
Scopus 55
PubMed 36
Web of Science 57
Total 148
Removal of duplicates
Scopus 54
PubMed 29
Web of Science 39
Total 122 (26 duplicates removed)
Initial screening
Total 20 (102 excluded)
Snowball method
Total 27 (7 included)
In-depth quality assessment
Total 24 (3 excluded)