Table 3

Indexing terms in MEDLINE and EMBASE

MEDLINE

EMBASE

/adverse effects

/poisoning

/toxicity

/chemically induced

/contraindications

/complications

/side effect

/adverse drug reaction

/drug toxicity

/complication

Example:

Aspirin/adverse effects

Here, Aspirin is the MeSH term and adverse effects is the subheading;

Example:

Acetylsalicylic-acid/adverse-drug-reaction

Acetylsalicylic-acid is the EMTREE term and adverse-drug-reaction is the subheading.

Loke et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2007 7:32   doi:10.1186/1471-2288-7-32