PubMed	Embase	CINAHL
2009 #1 noise [tiab] AND (reduction [tiab] OR abatement [tiab] OR diminishment [tiab] OR elimination [tiab] OR "engineering controls" [tiab] OR "administrative controls"[tiab]) #2 "hearing loss prevention" [tiab] OR "hearing conservation" [tiab] OR "hearing surveillance" [tiab] #3 "ear protective device" [tiab] OR "ear protective devices" [tiab] OR "hearing protective device" [tiab] OR "hearing protective devices" [tiab] OR "hearing protector" [tiab] OR "hearing protectors" [tiab] OR "hearing protection" [tiab] OR "ear muffs" [tiab] OR "ear plugs" [tiab] OR "ear defenders" [tiab] #4 ("noise reduction" [tiab] AND "protective equipment" [tiab]) #5 "Noise, Occupational/prevention and control"[Mesh] #6 "Noise, Occupational"[Mesh] #7 "protective equipment" [tiab] #8 #6 AND #7 #9 #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #8 #10 (effect*[tiab] OR control*[tiab] OR evaluation*[tiab] OR program*[tiab]) AND (work*[tiab] OR worker*[tiab] OR workplace*[tiab] OR occupation*[tiab] OR prevention*[tiab] OR protect*[tiab]) #11 #9 AND #10 2012 #12 2008:2012[dp] #13 #11 AND #12 2015 #12 "2012"[Date ‐ Publication] : "3000"[Date ‐ Publication] #13 #11 AND #12 2016 #12 "2015/08/21"[Date ‐ Publication] : "3000"[Date ‐ Publication] #13 #11 AND #12	2009 1 industrial noise/ 2 (protective adj equipment).tw. 3 1 and 2 4 (noise and (reduction or abatement or diminishment or elimination or (engineering adj controls) or (administrative adj controls))).tw. 5 ((hearing adj loss adj prevention) or (hearing adj conservation) or (hearing adj surveillance)).tw. 6 ((ear adj protective adj device) or (ear adj protective adj devices) or (hearing adj protective adj device) or (hearing adj protective adj devices) or (hearing adj protecto) or (hearing adj protectors) or (hearing adj protection) or (ear adj muffs) or (ear adj plugs) or (ear adj defenders)).tw. 7 ((noise adj reduction) and (protective adj equipment)).tw 8 6 or 4 or 3 or 7 or 5 9 ((effect* or control* or evaluation* or program*) and (work or worker* or workplace* or working or occupation* or prevention* or protect*)).tw. 10 8 and 9 11 10 2012 #1 'industrial noise':de AND [2008‐2012]/py #2 protective NEAR/3 equipment AND [2008‐2012]/py #3 #1 AND #2 AND [2008‐2012]/py #4 noise AND (reduction OR abatement OR diminishment OR elimination OR 'engineering controls' OR 'administrative controls') AND [2008‐2012]/py #5 noise:ab,ti AND (reduction:ab,ti OR abatement:ab,ti OR diminishment:ab,ti OR elimination:ab,ti OR 'engineering controls':ab,ti OR 'administrative controls':ab,ti) AND [2008‐2012]/py #6 'hearing loss' NEAR/5 preventionAND [2008‐2012]/py #7 hearing NEAR/5 conservation AND [2008‐2012]/py #8 'hearing surveillance' AND [2008‐2012]/py #9 #6 OR #7 OR #8 AND [2008‐2012]/py #10 ear NEAR/5 protective AND device* AND [2008‐2012]/py #11 hearing NEAR/3 protect* AND [2008‐2012]/py #12 ear NEAR/1 muff* AND [2008‐2012]/py #13 ear NEAR/1 plug* AND [2008‐2012]/py #14 ear NEAR/1 defender* AND [2008‐2012]/py #15 #10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 AND [2008‐2012]/py #16 noise NEAR/1 reduct* AND protect* NEAR/1 equipm* AND [2008‐2012]/py #17 #3 OR #4 OR #9 OR #15 OR #16 AND [2008‐2012]/py #18 effect* OR control* OR evaluation* OR program* AND (work OR worker* OR workplace* OR working OR occupation* OR prevention* OR protect*) AND [2008‐2012]/py #19 #17 AND #18 AND [2008‐2012]/py #20 #19 AND [embase]/lim AND [2008‐2012]/py #21 #20 NOT [medline]/lim AND [2008‐2012]/py 2015 same search as in 2012 except change of time span [2008‐2012]/py to [2012‐2015]/py 2016 same search as in 2012 except change of time span [2012‐2015]/py to [2015‐2016]/py	2009 #1 (noise AND (reduction OR abatement OR diminishment OR elimination OR "engineering controls" OR "administrative controls")) OR "hearing loss prevention" OR "hearing conservation" OR "hearing surveillance" #2 "ear protective device" OR "ear protective devices" OR "hearing protective device" OR "hearing protective devices" OR "hearing protector" OR "hearing protectors" OR "hearing protection" OR "ear muffs" OR "ear plugs" OR "ear defenders" #3 (noise(mh) AND "protective equipment") OR ("noise reduction" AND "protective equipment") #4 (effect* OR control* OR evaluation* OR program*) AND (work* OR worker* OR workplace* OR working OR occupation* OR prevention* OR protect*) #5 (#1 OR #2 OR #3) #6 (#4 AND #5) 2015 same strategy, #7 (#6) results limited to date of publication Jan 2012 ‐ October 2016
BIOSIS/CAB Abstracts	Web of Science	NIOSHTIC/OSH UPDATE
2009 1 (noise and (reduction or abatement or diminishment or elimination or (engineering adj controls) or (administrative adj controls))).tw. 2 ((hearing adj loss adj prevention) or (hearing adj conservation) or (hearing adj surveillance)).tw. 3 ((ear adj protective adj device) or (ear adj protective adj devices) or (hearing adj protective adj device) or (hearing adj protective adj devices) or (hearing adj protecto) or (hearing adj protectors) or (hearing adj protection) or (ear adj muffs) or (ear adj plugs) or (ear adj defenders)).tw. 4 ((noise adj reduction) and (protective adj equipment)).tw 5 ((effect* or control* or evaluation* or program*) and (work or worker* or workplace* or working or occupation* or prevention* or protect*)).tw. 6 4 or 1 or 3 or 2 7 6 and 5	2009 #1 TS=(noise AND (reduction OR abatement OR diminishment OR elimination OR "engineering controls" OR "administrative controls")) #2 TS=("hearing loss prevention" OR "hearing conservation" OR "hearing surveillance") #3 TS=("ear protective device" OR "ear protective devices" OR "hearing protective device" OR "hearing protective devices" OR "hearing protector" OR "hearing protectors" OR "hearing protection" OR "ear muffs" OR "ear plugs" OR "ear defenders") #4 #3 OR #2 OR #1 #5 TS=((effect* OR control* OR evaluation* OR program*) AND (work* OR worker* OR workplace* OR working OR occupation* OR prevention* OR protect*)) #6 #5 AND #4 2012 same as search in 2009, added time span 2008‐2012 2016 same as search in 2009, added time span 2012‐2016 #7 (#6) refined by: WEB OF SCIENCE CATEGORIES: ( PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH OR ACOUSTICS OR ENGINEERING MECHANICAL OR METALLURGY METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING OR ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL OR MECHANICS OR ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING OR CONSTRUCTION BUILDING TECHNOLOGY OR ENGINEERING MULTIDISCIPLINARY OR TRANSPORTATION OR GEOSCIENCES MULTIDISCIPLINARY OR MEDICINE GENERAL INTERNAL OR OPERATIONS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT SCIENCE OR BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES OR ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL OR ENGINEERING AEROSPACE OR MEDICINE RESEARCH EXPERIMENTAL OR AGRICULTURE MULTIDISCIPLINARY)	2009 NIOSHTIC (noise AND (induced OR hearing)) 2012 OSH UPDATE time span 01‐2008 to 01‐2012 Searched in bibliographic databases: International bibliographic, CISDOC, HSELINE, IRRST, NIOSHTIC, NIOSHTIC‐2, RILOSH #1 DC{OUBIB OR OUCISD OR OUHSEL OR OUISST OR OUNIOC OR OUNIOS OR OURILO} #2 GW{noise} #3 GW{induced OR hearing} #4 #2 AND #3 #5 #1 AND #4 #6 PY{2008 OR 2009 OR 2010 OR 2011 OR 2012} #7 #5 AND #6 2015 OSHupdate strategy same as in 2012, change of time span: # 6 PY{2012 OR 2013 OR 2014 OR 2015} 2016 OSHupdate all databases, strategy same as 2012, change of time span: #6 PY{2015 OR 2016}