"Western World" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A historical and cultural entity dispersed across the wide geographical area of Europe, as opposed to the East, Asia, and Africa. The term was used by scholars through the late medieval period. Thereafter, with the impact of colonialism and the transmission of cultures, Western World was sometimes expanded to include the Americas. (Dr. James H. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)
| Descriptor ID |
D019366
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.076.201.450.226.800
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Western World" by people in Profiles.
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Treatment of rectal cancer in the East and West: Should it be different? Surgery. 2017 08; 162(2):315-316.
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Obesity: from the agricultural revolution to the contemporary pediatric epidemic. Congenit Heart Dis. 2012 Mar-Apr; 7(2):189-99.
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Was bioethics founded on historical and conceptual mistakes about medical paternalism? Bioethics. 2011 Feb; 25(2):66-74.
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The Helicobacter pylori restriction endonuclease-replacing gene, hrgA, and clinical outcome: comparison of East Asia and Western countries. Dig Dis Sci. 2004 Sep; 49(9):1551-5.
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Body surface area and body weight predict total liver volume in Western adults. Liver Transpl. 2002 Mar; 8(3):233-40.