Table 1

Numbers of articles (abstracts) identified by each of the DEHM terms* when using different PubMed search fields

DEHM terms
Occupational diseasesOccupational exposureOccupational healthOccupational medicine
[MeSH Terms]92383 (39331)36193 (25358)17844 (7976)20862 (3128)
[Text Word]65162 (29299)33511 (26609)32148 (13745)22101 (4042)
[All Fields]65441 (29556)33511 (26609)40182 (20973)26422 (8018)
[MeSH Terms] OR [Text Word]92994 (39560)40577 (29209)32148 (13745)22101 (4092)
[All Fields] NOT ([MeSH Terms] OR [Text Word])†241 (223)0 (0)8034 (7228)4321 (3976)
[MeSH Terms] OR [Text Word] OR [All Fields]‡93235 (39783)40577 (29209)40182 (20973)26422 (8018)

  • ↵* DEHM terms: occupational diseases, occupational exposure, occupational health, occupational medicine.

  • ↵† Search field revealing numbers of articles in which the search terms appear only in the ‘affiliations’ or ‘journal names’.

  • ↵‡ Most comprehensive search field.