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. 2020 May 12;10(5):e035225. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035225

Table 2.

Keywords and draft PMC search strategy for literature review on vaccine hesitancy

Intervention Population Outcome PMC search details Items (n) found in MEDLINE
Vaccination, vaccine,
Immunisation, immunization
Diaspora,
émigré, emigrant, foreigner, immigrant, migrant, refugee
Acceptance, uptake, confidence, trust, anxiety, doubt, mistrust, anti-vaccination, anti-vax, concern, distrust, misinformation, resistance, compulsory, dropout, MMR, skeptic, critic, exemption, objector, attitude, choice, fear, opposition, autism, controversy, hesitancy, perception, rumor, rumour, avoidance, decision, hesitation, phobia, awareness, delay, intention, refusal, belief, barrier, denial, knowledge, rejection, dilemma, behavior, behavior, misconception, mandatory, reluctancy ((((((vaccination) OR vaccine) OR immunization) OR immunisation)) AND (((((((emigre) OR emigrant) OR immigrant) OR migrant) OR refugee) OR diaspora) OR foreigner)) AND ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((acceptance) OR anxiety) OR anti-vaccination) OR anti-vaxx) OR attitude) OR autism) OR avoidance) OR awareness) OR barrier) OR behavior) OR behaviour) OR concern) OR confidence) OR compulsory) OR controversy) OR choice) OR critic) OR delay) OR denial) OR decision) OR dilemma) OR distrust) OR doubt) OR dropout) OR exemption) OR fear) OR hesitancy) OR hesitation) OR intention) OR knowledge) OR mandatory) OR misconception) OR misinformation) OR mistrust) OR MMR) OR objector) OR opposition) OR perception) OR phobia) OR refusal) OR rejection) OR reluctance) OR resistance) OR rumor) OR rumour) OR skeptic) OR trust) OR uptake) AND (“1999/01/01”[PDat]: “2019/12/31”[PDat])) 6887

MMR, measles-mumps-rubella; PMC, PubMed Central.