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Table 1 Search strategy

From: Barriers and facilitators for cervical cancer screening among adolescents and young people: a systematic review

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Searches

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VAGINAL SMEARS/

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(vagina* AND smear*).ti,ab

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(pap AND test). ti,ab

4

cytology.ti,ab

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(pap AND smear). ti,ab

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(cervical adj2 (smear OR screen*)).ti,ab

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(papanicolaou adj2 (smear OR test*)).ti,ab

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1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7

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(youth* or adolescen* or (young adj2 (adult* or person* or individual* or people* or population* or wom#n)) or youngster* or college* or university*).ti,ab. or adolescent/ or young adult/

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(barrier* OR facilitator* OR perception* OR perspective* OR utilization* OR view*).ti,ab

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8 AND 9 AND 10

  1. Database: Ovid MEDLINE: Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE® Daily and Ovid MEDLINE®
  2. 1946—March 12 2020
  3. Adapted for EMBASE and CINAHL