| On Doctoring MEDLINE searches, with reference librarian comments |
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The question was
"Use of magnetic fields in treatment of various
somatic and psychiatric disorders"1 : exp *Magnetics/tu [Therapeutic Use] {190}
2 : limit 1 to english language {76}
3 : from 2 keep 24,39 {2}
4 : exp *Pain/pc,rh,th [Prevention & Control, Rehabilitation, {5788}
Therapy]
5 : 1 and 4 {6}
6 : from 5 keep 3 {1}
7 : exp *Headache/pc,rh,th [Prevention & Control, {553}
Rehabilitation, Therapy]
8 : 1 and 7 {1}
9 : exp *Pain/ {29584}
10 : 1 and 9 {7}
11 : 3 or 6 {3}
12 : from 2 keep 21,27 {2}
13 : 11 or 12 {5}
Reference Librarian comments
What an interesting question! Congrats on your fine MEDLINE skills.
You're doing everything right. (Explode, Focus, Limit, etc. etc.)Just for fun, I went to PSYCINFO with your topic, and played around
with something like this:((magnetic adj field$1) or magnetism or subj electrical stimulation)
and (treatment$ or therap$ or outcome$ or pain or headache$) and not
subj ELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCK THERAPY... and I got thousands of article, so I'd have to figure out more
"limiting" things to do with that, but it was fun...
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