Table 1 Database search terms

Pubmed

((((((“Childhood”[Journal] OR “childhood”[All Fields]) AND (“neoplasms”[MeSH Terms] OR “neoplasms”[All Fields] OR “cancer”[All Fields])) OR ((“pediatrics”[MeSH Terms] OR “pediatrics”[All Fields] OR “paediatric”[All Fields]) AND (“neoplasms”[MeSH Terms] OR “neoplasms”[All Fields] OR “cancer”[All Fields]))) AND (“risk factors”[MeSH Terms] OR (“risk”[All Fields] AND “factors”[All Fields]) OR “risk factors”[All Fields])) AND (“epidemiology”[Subheading] OR “epidemiology”[All Fields] OR “prevalence”[All Fields] OR “prevalence”[MeSH Terms])) OR (“mortality”[Subheading] OR “mortality”[All Fields] OR “mortality”[MeSH Terms])) AND (“epidemiology”[Subheading] OR “epidemiology”[All Fields] OR “morbidity”[All Fields] OR “morbidity”[MeSH Terms])) AND trend[All Fields] AND (“africa”[MeSH Terms] OR “africa”[All Fields])

7311

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, Medline Academic search complete

(childhood AND cancer OR neoplasms AND pediatrics OR paediatric AND cancer OR neoplasm AND risk factors AND epidemiology OR (prevalence or incidence) AND trends AND Africa) AND African AND (risk factors or contributing factors or predisposing factors)

80