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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2022 Mar 7;17:e96. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2021.369

Appendix Table 1:

Search strategies in various databases.

Database Search Terms
PubMed “public mask AND infection”, “mask AND infections”, “facemask AND MERS”, “facemask AND community”, “face mask AND community”, “community AND facemask AND infection”, “community AND face mask AND infection”, “((community settings) AND (infection prevention)) AND ((face masks OR face mask OR facemask OR mask))”
Google Scholar “((community settings) AND (infection prevention)) AND ((face masks OR face mask OR facemask OR mask))”
Scopus “((community settings) AND (infection prevention)) AND ((face masks OR face mask OR facemask OR mask))”, “community AND mask AND infection(s)”
Health Evidence “face mask AND community”, “facemask AND community”, “mask AND community”
medRxiv “face mask AND infection”, “facemask AND infection”, “((community settings) AND (infection prevention)) AND ((face masks OR face mask OR facemask OR mask))”