PubMed search techniques

Case Study

  Find articles on mammography in New England Journal of Medicine.

  Find references about hypertension and a nosebleed. How does        PubMed map nosebleed? Display all of the retrieved records on one web page.

  How many articles by John Geyman are found in PubMed?

• Display the abstract views of the articles.
• Select three of the citations and add them to the Clipboard.

  Dental Treatments in Diabetic Patients

  Find citations on the relation of coffee drinking AND suicide

  Use the MeSH Browser to find articles with the main focus on diagnosis of prostate cancer. Then limit to articles entered into PubMed in the last 2 years.

  Use the Mesh browser to construct a search allergy to shrimp or crab

  Find citations on the toxic effects of indoor molds

  How does lowering cholesterol effect mortality & morbidity

  Is sildenafil (Viagra) an effective treatment for erectile dysfunction in men with diabetes

  Search for bacterial vaginosis and pregnancy

This project is a joint effort of the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine
and the United States Centers for Disease Control. It is an approved APEC project.