Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for screening articles

Domain	Study inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Study type/design	Prospective or retrospective cohort and case–control studies	Reviews, case reports, meeting abstracts, notes, letters, comments, and editorials
Study population	Adult population (older than 18 years) with occupational exposure
Comparator	No occupational exposure
Exposure type	Various occupations, chemicals and compounds, including herbicides, pesticides, Agent Orange, dioxins, vinyl chloride monomers and others	Radiation exposure, thorotrast exposure, and non-occupational exposures
Duration of exposure	No restriction
Outcome	Sarcoma incidence or mortality	Cancers other than sarcoma
Subtype of sarcoma	Any sarcoma subtype	Kaposi sarcoma
Time of publication	No restriction
Publication type	Full-text published article
Language	English, French, Russian	Studies published in a language other than English, French or Russian