ETIOLOGY SEARCH TECHNIQUES

Is your clinical question an ETIOLOGY question?

Incorporate elements of an etiology hedge into your search to find evidence that discusses causes of a disease or condition. You can also find etiology evidence by identifying specific causative agents such as microorganisms, environmental and social factors, and personal habits.

Recommended Etiology Subject Headings

Cross-sectional Studies
Odds Ratio
Risk
Risk Factors
Analytic Studies
Case-control Studies
Retrospective Studies
Cohort Studies
Longitudinal Studies
Prospective Studies
Follow-up Studies

Recommended Etiology Subheadings (attach to subject)

etiology (et)
chemically induced (ci)

Recommended Etiology Keyword Searches

Try entering these combinations on the "enter keyword" line:

  1. (risk$ or cohort$ or follow-up or predict$ or case control$).ti,ab,sh.
  2. (case control).ti,ab,sh.
  3. (cause$ or causat$ or causing or causal$ or etiol$).ti,ab,sh.

The .ti,ab,sh. that you see above indicate that you are looking for these words in the titles (ti) , abstracts (ab), or subject headings (sh) of the articles. The $ indicates a wild card character or truncation.