"Jamaica" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is Kingston. It was discovered in 1494 by Columbus and was a Spanish colony 1509-1655 until captured by the English. Its flourishing slave trade was abolished in the 19th century. It was a British colony 1655-1958 and a territory of the West Indies Federation 1958-62. It achieved full independence in 1962. The name is from the Arawak Xaymaca, rich in springs or land of springs. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p564 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p267)
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D007563
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.084.900.525 Z01.639.880.525
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| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Jamaica" by people in Profiles.
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Edematous severe acute malnutrition is characterized by hypomethylation of DNA. Nat Commun. 2019 12 19; 10(1):5791.
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A generalized weighted quantile sum approach for analyzing correlated data in the presence of interactions. Biom J. 2019 07; 61(4):934-954.
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Maternal Exposures Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Jamaican Children. J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 08; 48(8):2766-2778.
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The causes of maternal mortality are changing and preventable. BJOG. 2018 09; 125(10):1262.
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The diagnosis of autism and autism spectrum disorder in low- and middle-income countries: Experience from Jamaica. Autism. 2017 07; 21(5):564-572.
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Role of Metabolic Genes in Blood Aluminum Concentrations of Jamaican Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 11 08; 13(11).
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Concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Organochlorine Pesticides in Umbilical Cord Blood Serum of Newborns in Kingston, Jamaica. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 10 21; 13(10).
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Concentration of lead, mercury, cadmium, aluminum, arsenic and manganese in umbilical cord blood of Jamaican newborns. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015 Apr 23; 12(5):4481-501.
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Indian women of childbearing age do not metabolically conserve arginine as do American and Jamaican women. J Nutr. 2015 May; 145(5):884-92.
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Factors associated with blood lead concentrations of children in Jamaica. J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng. 2015; 50(6):529-39.