Check Yourself — Lesson 4

Answers to Exercise 4

Create search strategies for the following searches, and then conduct the searches in the ONTAP databases indicated.

1. Find information on the effect of genetic factors in human nutrition (ONTAP MEDLINE, File 254).
   
   s human(w)nutrition
   s genetic?
   s s1 and s2
   
   
2. Find citations in the literature about water or soil pollution caused by the use of herbicides, pesticides, or insecticides. (ONTAP CA SEARCH, File 204)
   
   s herbicid? or pesticid? or insecticid?
   s (soil or ground or water)(n)pollut?
   s s1 and s2
   
   
3. Do fatty acids have any health effect on humans? (ONTAP AGRICOLA, File 210)
   
   s fatty(w)acid?
   s human?
   s s1 and s2
   
   
4. Find articles on the prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (also known as SIDS, crib death, and cot death) (ONTAP MEDLINE, File 254)
   
   s sudden(w)infant(w)death or sids or (crib or cot)(n)death
   s prevent?
   s s1 and s2

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