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Descriptor English: Panama Canal Zone
Descriptor Spanish: Zona del Canal de Panamá
Descriptor Zona del Canal de Panamá
Entry term(s) Zona del Canal
Scope note: Zona que atraviesa el istmo de Panamá administrada oficialmente por ESTADOS UNIDOS desde 1903 a 1979 para la explotación del Canal de Panamá. La transferencia a PANAMÁ finalizó en 1999.
Descriptor Portuguese: Zona do Canal do Panamá
Descriptor French: Zone du canal de Panama
Entry term(s): Canal Zone
Tree number(s): Z01.107.169.772.584
Z01.586.744
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010177
Scope note: The area across the Isthmus of Panama formerly administered by the UNITED STATES from 1903 to 1979 for the operation of the Panama Canal. Transfer to PANAMA was completed in 1999.
Annotation: do not confuse with PANAMA
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
DeCS ID: 10365
Unique ID: D010177
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/11/24
Panama Canal Zone - Preferred
Concept UI M0015788
Scope note The area across the Isthmus of Panama formerly administered by the UNITED STATES from 1903 to 1979 for the operation of the Panama Canal. Transfer to PANAMA was completed in 1999.
Preferred term Panama Canal Zone
Entry term(s) Canal Zone



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