After you've organized your search terms, consider what syntax you will need to use to group synonyms and combine concepts.
Concepts |
Children OR |
|
Marijuana OR |
|
Epilepsy OR |
Synonyms |
Juveniles OR Minors |
|
Cannabis OR |
|
Seizures OR Convulsions OR |
Subject Headings |
|
AND |
“Medical Marijuana”[Mesh] |
AND |
Epilepsy[Mesh] OR Seizures[Mesh] |
A sample PubMed search combining keywords and MeSH terms from the table above: (children OR juveniles OR minors) AND (marijuana OR cannabis OR "Medical Marijuana"[Mesh]) AND (epilepsy OR seizures OR convulsions OR "Epilepsy"[Mesh] OR "Seizures"[Mesh])