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. 2021 Apr 13;14(1):1908064. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2021.1908064

Table 1.

Search terms used in PubMed, Embase and Cochrane

Category PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Search Strategy
Climate Change (‘climate change’ OR ‘climate variabil*’ OR ‘global warming’ OR ‘greenhouse effect*’ OR ‘greenhouse gas emission*’ OR GHGE OR ‘heat wave*’ OR heatwave* OR ‘high temperature*’ OR drought* OR flood* OR ‘climate induced’ OR ‘climate related disaster*’ OR ‘storm*’ OR ‘typhoo*’ OR ‘hurricane*’ OR ‘cyclone*’ OR ‘sea level rise*’)
Informal Settlements (slum* OR settlement*)
Health (health* OR well-being OR wellbeing OR prevalence OR incidence OR risk OR rate OR mortality OR morbidity OR obesity OR malnutrition OR malnour* OR overweight OR over-weight OR underweight OR under-weight OR nutrient OR iron OR iodine OR ‘vitamin d’ OR ‘vitamin b12’ OR calcium OR ‘vitamin a’ OR zinc OR magnesium OR deficien* OR shortage* OR value* OR anemia OR anaemia OR hypertension OR ‘blood pressure’ OR BP OR stroke OR diabetes OR ICH OR ‘heart disease’ OR CKD OR ‘kidney disease’ OR chronic OR cardiovascular OR cardio-vascular OR malaria OR dengue OR vector OR cholera OR cancer)