•“” (Quotation Marks)
–Phrase/Include if the exact phrase is included (No
variants)
•NEAR/ (followed by a number)
–Proximity/Include if words are {number} words apart
•NEXT
–Proximity/Include if word stems follow each other, separated by a space or a dash
–May be more useful than “” (quotation marks)
when you still need to include plurals
or other operators
•Example: colorectal NEXT *noma* retrieves entries on colorectal adenomas and colorectal carcinoma
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