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Women's Health Literature Search Instructions

How to use the database search tool effectively

Select the checkboxes corresponding to the Women's Health topics of interest. Then, click the "Search Now" button to retrieve the citations for articles pertaining to that topic.

Selecting multiple topics within a domain  will return the union of articles.
For example, under Psychiatric, selecting "Mood Disorders" alone generates 14 articles; however, selecting only "PTSD" generates 52. Selecting both will list all 56 articles that pertain to Mood Disorders and/or PTSD.

Selecting multiple topics across domains  will generate the intersection of articles.
For example, selecting "Persian Gulf/Gulf War" generates 18 citations, while selecting "Environmental and occupational exposures, post-deployment health" generates 72 citations. Selecting both topics generates only 15 citations because the definition has been narrowed.
To include all articles regardless of domain (e.g., Study design, Topics, Conditions), simply leave blank all checkboxes in the domain. Leaving blank every checkbox on the page will return all articles in the database.

If your search isn't returning the expected selections, return to the "Search Database" page and click on "Clear Selections" to ensure that all checkboxes have been unchecked.

More about the search results

Each study summary includes: topic areas, study design, period of service, sample size, study setting, and years of study or sampling timeframe.


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