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Table 1 Search terms for each database

From: Prevalence and policy of occupational violence against oral healthcare workers: systematic review and meta-analysis

Database

Search Term

Results

PubMed

((dentist OR Oral healthcare workers OR dental professionals OR dental assistant OR dental hygienists) AND (violence OR bullying OR threats OR harassment) NOT (child Abuse))

384

Cochrane Library

((dentist OR Oral healthcare workers OR dental professionals OR dental assistant OR dental hygienists) AND (violence OR bullying OR threats OR harassment))

10

Scopus

((dentist OR Oral healthcare workers OR dental professionals OR dental assistant OR dental hygienists) AND (violence OR bullying OR threats OR harassment))

72

Science Direct

(((dentist OR dental assistant OR dental hygienists) AND (violence OR bullying OR harassment)) AND (Cross-section OR Cross-sectional) NOT (Child Abuse)))

447

Web of Science

((dentist OR Oral healthcare workers OR dental professionals OR dental assistant OR dental hygienists) AND (violence OR bullying OR threats OR harassment) NOT (child Abuse))

44

ProQuest

((dentist OR Oral healthcare workers OR dental professionals OR dental assistant OR dental hygienists) AND (violence OR bullying OR threats OR harassment))

23