Heavy Metals and Pediatric Immunosuppression Scoping Review Search Strategy

Abstract

Search Methods for Identification of Studies: To identify studies to include or consider for this scoping review, the review team worked with a research librarian (OGC) to develop detailed search strategies for each database. The searches were conducted following the PRISMA-S extension for search reporting. The research librarian (OGC) developed the search for PubMed (NLM) and translated the search for every database searched. The PubMed (NLM) search strategy was reviewed by the research team to check for accuracy and term relevancy, the librarian reviewed all the completed search strategies for errors. The databases included in this search are PubMed (NLM), Embase (Elsevier), CINAHL (Ebsco), Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), ProQuest Public Health Database, ProQuest Environmental Science Collection using a combination of keywords and subject headings. The search was limited to human studies of pediatric populations, and excluded review articles. All final searches were performed on May 4, 2022 by the librarian (OGC) and were fully reported. The full search strategies as reported by the librarian are provided.