1. What is the MeSH database?
2. Go to the Pub Med home page and perform a search for “acupuncture and IVF”. How many citations were found?
3. Now use the additional filters located in the left hand side of your search results to “filter” your search results as described below and write the number of citations you found in the boxes.
Why did you get fewer citations when you added ‘AND pain’ to ‘Gua Sha’?
Why did you get fewer citations when you added ‘NOT safety’ to ‘Gua Sha’?
Why did you get more citations for ‘Gua Sha as compared to ‘Gua Sha Acupuncture’ alone?
Why did adding ‘AND pain’ reduce this number?
Why is the number of citations decreasing?
