"Pacific Islands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The islands of the Pacific Ocean divided into MICRONESIA; MELANESIA; and POLYNESIA (including NEW ZEALAND). The collective name Oceania includes the aforenamed islands, adding AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; and the Malay Archipelago (INDONESIA). (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p910, 880)
| Descriptor ID |
D010139
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.639.760 Z01.678.100.873
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pacific Islands" by people in Profiles.
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Primary antibiotic resistance in Helicobacter pylori in the Asia-Pacific region: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 10; 2(10):707-715.
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The peopling of the Pacific from a bacterial perspective. Science. 2009 Jan 23; 323(5913):527-30.
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Worldwide burden of COPD in high- and low-income countries. Part III. Asia-Pacific studies. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2008 Jul; 12(7):713-7.
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Group A streptococci from a remote community have novel multilocus genotypes but share emm types and housekeeping alleles with isolates from worldwide sources. J Infect Dis. 2004 Feb 15; 189(4):717-23.
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Global increases in kidney cancer incidence, 1973-1992. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2002 Apr; 11(2):171-8.
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Phenotypic variation of Helicobacter pylori isolates from geographically distinct regions detected by lectin typing. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Jan; 40(1):227-32.
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Genetic variation among dengue 2 viruses of different geographic origin. Virology. 1983 Jul 30; 128(2):271-84.