| General (also used for other chemical) |
TITLE-ABS-KEY (honey AND (contam* OR hazard) AND NOT (fraud OR adulter* OR method))1 |
Scopus |
1374 |
423 were useful |
| Microbiological |
TITLE-ABS-KEY (hazard* AND (honey OR apicult*) AND microbiol*) |
Scopus |
23 |
Seven were new and available |
| Microbiological |
((honey) AND (pathogen)) AND (foodborne) |
PubMed |
219 |
The vast majority were irrelevant, 19 were novel and available |
| Elements |
TITLE-ABS-KEY ((honey) AND (heavy AND metal)) |
Scopus |
394 |
Many were irrelevant, for example, describing novel detection methods which used spiked honey samples, or were investigating the effect of heavy metals on honeybee health, or investigating honeybees as bio-monitors. |
| Elements |
((honey) AND (heavy AND metal)) |
PubMed |
444 |
Most duplicates of Scopus or irrelevant |
| Persistent Organic Pollutants |
“TITLE-ABS-KEY (honey AND persistent AND organic AND pollutant)”
|
Scopus |
29 |
Duplicate hazards were detailed in a majority of references |
| Persistent Organic Pollutants |
“honey AND persistent organic pollutant” |
PubMed |
16 |
All were duplicate references or hazards to those found in the Scopus search or were not relevant |
| Pesticides |
“TITLE-ABS-KEY (hazard AND (honey OR apicult* OR wax) AND pesticide*)”
|
Scopus |
128
|
Most concerned hazards that had already been identified, were duplicated or were not related to human health. In addition, references from the general search were extensively used and references within these papers were also followed up. |
| Pesticides |
“hazard AND (honey OR apicult* OR wax) AND pesticide*” (“AND NOT antibiotic” was required as initial searches focused on antibiotic residues) |
PubMed |
123 |
As above |
| Antibiotics and Veterinary Medicines |
“TITLE-ABS-KEY (hazard AND (honey OR apicult*) AND antibiotic*)”
|
Scopus |
32
|
Most were considered to be irrelevant, referring to studies using spiked honey for method development or where hazards were identified in duplicate |
| Antibiotics and Veterinary Medicines |
“TITLE-ABS-KEY (hazard AND (honey OR apicult* AND veterin* AND NOT antibiotic*)” |
Scopus |
18 |
Most were considered to be irrelevant, referring to studies using spiked honey for method development or where hazards were identified in duplicate |
| Antibiotics and Veterinary Medicines |
“(Hazard) AND (honey) AND (antibiotic)”
|
PubMed |
27
|
Most were duplicates of Scopus and the remaining results identified antibiotics or veterinary residues already addressed or otherwise not relevant.
|
| Antibiotics and Veterinary Medicines |
“(hazard) AND (honey) AND (veterinary) NOT (antibiotic*)” |
PubMed |
28 |
Most were duplicates of Scopus and the remaining results identified antibiotics or veterinary residues already addressed or otherwise not relevant. |
| Toxins |
“TITLE-ABS-KEY (hazard AND (honey OR apicult*) AND toxin*)” |
Scopus |
17 |
The majority regarded bee health, were not relevant or detailed duplicate hazards |
| Toxins |
“(hazard) AND ((honey) OR (apicult*)) AND (toxin)” |
PubMed |
12 |
Introduced three new hazards |
| Radiological |
TITLE-ABS-KEY (honey AND (radiological OR radioactivity OR radionuclide OR radiation) AND (contam* OR detect* OR presence)) |
Scopus |
250 |
21 had relevant titles and content |
| Radiological |
"honey"[Title/Abstract] AND "radioactivity"[Title/Abstract] |
PubMed |
12 |
5 were relevant and new |
| Allergens |
TITLE-ABS-KEY (honey AND anaphyl* AND NOT (bee OR sting)) |
Scopus |
43
|
Most were not relevant (not referring to honey) |
| Allergens |
TITLE-ABS-KEY (honey AND (allerg* OR hypersens*) AND react* AND NOT (bee* OR dressing*)) |
Scopus |
54 |
Eleven were relevant and new |
| Allergens |
(honey[Title/Abstract]) AND (allergen[Title/Abstract])
and
(honey[Title/Abstract]) AND (anaphylactic[Title/Abstract]) |
PubMed |
71
39 |
Ten were relevant and new
Two were relevant and new |
Microplastics/
particulates |
TITLE-ABS-KEY (particulat* AND honey) |
Scopus |
66
|
Only two concerned honey |
Microplastics/
particulates |
TITLE-ABS-KEY (microplastic* AND honey) |
Scopus |
45 |
14 were relevant |
Microplastics/
particulates |
((honey[Title/Abstract])) AND (particulate[Title/Abstract]) |
PubMed |
26 |
0 additional
|
Microplastics/
particulates |
(honey[Title/Abstract]) AND (microplastics[Title/Abstract]) |
PubMed |
25 |
One new hit |