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. 2020 Sep 6;10(9):e035658. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035658

Table 2.

Search strategy for MEDLINE, July 2019

Number Search items Hits
1 exp Papillomavirus Vaccines 7128
2 ((papilloma$ or hpv) adj2 (vaccin$ or immuniz$)).mp. 10 458
3 (gardasil$ or ceravix$ or cervarix$ or silgard$).mp. 571
4 or/1 to 3 10 492
5 exp American Native Continental Ancestry Group 20 720
6 (native american$ or american indian$ or amerind$).mp. 12 397
7 (indigenous$ or tribe or tribes or tribal$).mp. 41 854
8 (aian or ai an).mp. 806
9 or/5 to 8 63 672
10 4 and 9 60
11 l/ 10 yr=2006-current 60
12 remove duplicates from 11 60
13 exp united states 1 300 858
14 (us or usa or united states).mp. 9 358 201
15 (Alabama$ or Alaska$ or Arizona$ or Arkansa$ or California$ or Colorado$ or Connecticut$ or Delaware$ or Florid$ or Georgia$ or Hawaii$ or Idaho$ or Illinois$ or Indiana$ or Iowa$ or Kansa$ or Kentuck$ or Louisiana$ or Maine$ or Maryland$ or Massachusetts$ or Michigan$ or Minnesota$ or Mississippi$ or Missouri$ or Montana$ or Nebraska$ or Nevada$ or New Hampshire$ or New Jers$ or New Mexic$ or New York$ or North Carolin$ or North Dakota$ or Ohio$ or Oklahoma$ or Oregon$ or Pennsylvania$ or Rhode Island$ or South Carolin$ or South Dakota$ or Tenness$ or Texa$ or Utah$ or Vermont$ or Virginia$ or Washington$ or West Virginia$ or Wisconsin$ or Wyoming$).mp. 674 164
16 or/13 to 15 9 780 569
17 12 and 16 46
18 12 not 17 14
19 from 18 keep 3 1
20 17 or 19 47
21 exp continental population groups/ 208 897
22 (race or races or racial$).mp. 131 570
23 21 or 22 302 873
24 4 and 23 502
25 l/ 24 yr=2006-current 500
26 remove duplicates from 25 499
27 26 not 20 466
28 16 and 27 364