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. 2019 Nov 29;59(7):3113–3131. doi: 10.1007/s00394-019-02151-w

Table 1.

Search criteria specifications for each database

Database Search options Search terms
EBSCOHOST
 Academic search complete

Limiters—full text; scholarly (peer reviewed) journals; language: English

Search modes—boolean/phrase

(“24 h urin*” OR “twenty four hour urin*” OR “24 h urin*”)

AND

(sampl* OR collection* OR volume* OR excretion* OR output*)

AND

(schoolchild* OR child* OR adolescen* OR teen*)

 CINAHL complete

Limiters—English language; peer reviewed

Search modes—boolean/phrase

 Global health

Limiters—language: English

Search modes—boolean/phrase

 MEDLINE complete

Limiters—English language; human

Search modes—boolean/phrase

EMBASE

Advanced search

No mapping options used

No date limits specified

Sources: Embase only (Medline not

selected as separate search)

Field labels: abstract, article title, index

term and subheading

Quick limits: human, only in English

Publication types: article, article in press

EBM, gender, age and animal advanced

options left blank

#1: ‘24 h urin*’ OR ‘twenty four hour urin*’ OR ‘24 h urin*’ OR ‘twenty four h urin*’

#2: sampl* OR collection* OR volume* OR excretion*or AND output*

#3: child* OR adolescen* OR teen*

#4: #1 AND #2 AND #3