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. 2016 Jul 21;18(9):832–839. doi: 10.1111/jch.12877

Table 1.

Weekly MEDLINE (Ovid) Search Strategy Years: 1946–Present

Step Search
1 Exp Sodium Glutamate
2 (Monosodium glutamate or msg).tw.
3 (Salt or sodium).tw.
4 1 or 2 or 3
5 Exp Diet
6 (Diet* or food or intake).tw.
7 5 or 6
8 4 and 7
9 Exp Sodium, Dietary
10 Exp Diet, Sodium‐Restricted
11 8 or 9 or 10
12 Limit 11 to English language
13 Limit 12 to yr=“2013–Current”
14 Limit 13 to humans

The Science of Salt Weekly MEDLINE (Ovid) Search Strategy is a modified version of the search strategy developed by a Cochrane librarian to support the development of the Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations regarding dietary sodium.