Virtual Health Library

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This option recovers words from the title, abstract, author, and subject descriptors.
To search descriptors and abstract words, prefer using the Portuguese language. Example: "inovaçã."

To apply filters, select the all words (AND) and any word (OR) options. Dnot enter Boolean operators between the words.

Utilize the $ (money sign) truncating symbol tsearch for words that have the same roots.
For example: genom$ recovers genome, genomes, genomics, etc.

To research scientific literature related tother fields, among which: author, name of the person with the subject, journal title, etc., select the source of the information of interest and perform the search using the advanced form that is available.

To select the entirety of sources of information tbe searched for, use the advanced search option.