Thursday, October 18, 2012

Ovid Medline Filter for Human Research Subjects
Note: when searching for studies on disasters, a lot of material is retrieved on soil erosion, damage to historical buildings, animal migration patterns, etc. The following filter was designed to limit results to human research.

1. adolescen*.tw.
2. adult*.tw.
3. aid worker*.tw.
4. amputee*.tw.
5. assistant*.tw.
6. aunt*.tw.
7. brother*.tw.
8. care giver*.tw.
9. caregiver*.tw.
10. carer*.tw.
11. exp child/
12. child*.tw.
13. clinician*.tw.
14. community member*.tw.
15. community network*.tw.
16. companion*.tw.
17. coroner*.tw.
18. cousin*.tw.
19. daughter*.tw.
20. dentist*.tw.
21. displaced.tw.
22. doctor*.tw.
23. donor*.tw.
24. exp family/
25. families.tw.
26. family.tw.
27. father*.tw.
28. female*.tw.
29. fire fighter*.tw.
30. firefighter*.tw.
31. focus group*.tw.
32. exp focus groups/
33. Foreign professional personnel/
34. friend.tw.
35. friends.tw.
36. grand father*.tw.
37. grand mother*.tw.
38. grand parent*.tw.
39. grandfather*.tw.
40. grandmother*.tw.
41. grandparent*.tw.
42. guardian*.tw.
43. Homeless Persons/
44. homeless*.tw.
45. human*.tw.
46. (humanitarian adj2 worker*).tw.
47. Humans/
48. husband*.tw.
49. individual*.tw.
50. infant*.tw.
51. inpatient*.tw.
52. inspector*.tw.
53. interview*.tw.
54. investigator*.tw.
55. male*.tw.
56. medical examiner*.tw.
57. missionar*.tw.
58. mother*.tw.
59. nephew*.tw.
60. next of kin.tw.
61. niece*.tw.
62. nurse*.tw.
63. offspring*.tw.
64. orphan*.tw.
65. outpatient*.tw.
66. paramedic*.tw.
67. parent*.tw.
68. participant*.tw.
69. partner*.tw.
70. exp Patients/
71. patient*.tw.
72. people*.tw.
73. person*.tw.
74. exp Persons/
75. pharmacist*.tw.
76. physician*.tw.
77. planner*.tw.
78. refugee*.tw.
79. exp Refugees/
80. relief team*.tw.
81. relief work/
82. research subject*.tw.
83. respond?nt*.tw.
84. exp self-help group/
85. self help group*.tw.
86. sibling*.tw.
87. sister*.tw.
88. exp social support/
89. social support*.tw.
90. specialist*.tw.
91. spouse*.tw.
92. staff*.tw.
93. exp Survivors/
94. step father*.tw.
95. step mother*.tw.
96. step parent*.tw.
97. stepfather*.tw.
98. stepmother*.tw.
99. stepparent*.tw.
100. sufferer*.tw.
101. support group*.tw.
102. survivor*.tw.
103. team*.tw.
104. therapist*.tw.
105. uncle*.tw.
106. victim*.tw.
107. Voluntary Workers/
108. volunteer*.tw.
109. wife.tw.
110. wives.tw.
111. woman*.tw.
112. women*.tw.
113. worker*.tw.
114. young adult*.tw.
115. or/1-114

Monday, October 15, 2012

Ovid Medline filter for Natural Disasters

1. animal infestation*.mp.
2. ash fall*.mp.
3. avalanche*.mp.
4. blizzard*.mp.
5. cyclon*.mp.
6. exp Disasters/
7. disaster*.mp.
8. drought*.mp.
9. dust storm*.mp.
10. duststorm*.mp.
11. earthquake*.mp.
12. erosion*.mp.
13. extreme cold.mp.
14. extreme heat.mp.
15. fire*.mp.
16. flood*.mp.
17. hail storm*.mp.
18. hailstorm*.mp.
19. heat wave*.mp.
20. heatwave*.mp.
21. hurricane*.mp.
22. ice storm*.mp.
23. insect infestation*.mp.
24. land slide*.mp.
25. landslide*.mp.
26. lava flow*.mp.
27. mass casualty incident*.mp.
28. mud flow*.mp.
29. mud slide*.mp.
30. mudslide*.mp.
31. sand storm*.mp.
32. sandstorm*.mp.
33. sink hole*.mp.
34. sinkhole*.mp.
35. snow storm*.mp.
36. snowstorm*.mp.
37. thunderstorm*.mp.
38. tornado*.mp.
39. tropical storm*.mp.
40. tsunami*.mp.
41. typhoon*.mp.
42. volcan*.mp.
43. wildfire*.mp.
44. wildland fire*.mp.
45. or/1-44