"West Indies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Islands lying between southeastern North America and northern South America, enclosing the Caribbean Sea. They comprise the Greater Antilles (CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HAITI; JAMAICA; and PUERTO RICO), the Lesser Antilles (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and the other Leeward Islands, BARBADOS; MARTINIQUE and the other Windward Islands, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITISH VIRGINI ISLANDS, and the islands north of Venezuela which include TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO), and the BAHAMAS. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1330)
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D014900
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.084.900 Z01.639.880
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "West Indies" by people in Profiles.
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Experiences with offering pro bono medical genetics services in the West Indies: Benefits to patients, physicians, and the community. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2020 12; 184(4):1030-1041.
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Relationship Between Hispanic Nativity, Residential Environment, and Productive Activity Among Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury: A TBI Model Systems Study. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2019 Jan/Feb; 34(1):E46-E54.
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Relapse after severe acute malnutrition: A systematic literature review and secondary data analysis. Matern Child Nutr. 2019 04; 15(2):e12702.
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Prevention Practices among United States Pregnant Women Who Travel to Zika Outbreak Areas. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 01; 98(1):178-180.
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Respondent driven sampling for HIV biological and behavioral surveillance in Latin America and the Caribbean. AIDS Behav. 2013 Sep; 17(7):2313-40.
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The neglected tropical diseases of Latin America and the Caribbean: a review of disease burden and distribution and a roadmap for control and elimination. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 Sep 24; 2(9):e300.
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Sonographic diagnosis of tuberculoid leprosy. J Ultrasound Med. 1987 Feb; 6(2):105-7.
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Genetic and epidemiological studies of dengue type 2 viruses by hybridization using synthetic deoxyoligonucleotides as probes. J Gen Virol. 1986 Dec; 67 ( Pt 12):2645-61.