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27 or/24-26
28 11 or 15 or 21 or 27
29 28 and 8
30 (meta-analysis.pt. or exp technology assessment, biomedical/ or (((hta or 2
health technology) adj6 assessment*) or meta analy* or metaanaly* or meta?analy*).tw. or (cochrane or evidence or EBM).jw. or ((review* or search*) adj10 (literature* or medical database* or medline or pubmed or embase or cochrane or cinahl or psychinfo or psychlit or healthstar or biosis or current conten* or systemat*)).tw.) not (comment or editorial or historical-article).pt.
31 29 and 30
32 29
33 limit 32 to yr=”2008 -Current”
34 33 not 31
35 review.pt.
36 (review or overview).ti.
37 35 or 36
38 34 and 37
39 34 not 37
40 (“11042572” or “19576369” or “17516956” or “12039131” or “9809732” or
“12350192” or “12225294” or “14550365”).an.
41 40 and 31
42 40 and 38
43 from 31 keep 1-59
44 from 38 keep 1-4
45 from 39 keep 1-115
Appendix B: Search strategy - Embase
# Searches
1 Postmenopause/
2 (postmenopau* or post-menopau*).tw.
3 (after menopaus* or after the menopaus* or following menopaus* or
following the menopaus*).tw.
4 (older adj2 (wom#n or female*)).tw.
5 or/1-4
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