DeCS

Descriptor English:

Atlantic Islands

Descriptor Spanish:

Islas del Atlántico

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor

Islas del Atlántico

Scope note:

Islas ampliamente diseminadas en el Océano Atlántico desde una posición septentrional en las AZORES y una posición meridional en las Islas Sandwich del Sur. La mayor concentración se da en la REGIÓN DEL CARIBE. Comprenden las Islas Annobón, Ascensión, Islas Canarias, Islas Malvinas, Fernando Po (también denominada Isla de Bioko y Bioko), Isla Gough, Madeira, Santo Tomé y Príncipe, Santa Helena y Tristán da Acuña.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Ilhas Atlânticas

Descriptor French:

Iles de l'Atlantique

Entry term(s):

Ile Sainte-Hélène
Ile de Sainte-Hélène
Sainte-Hélène
Île Sainte-Hélène
Îles de l'Atlantique

Tree number(s):

Z01.639.040

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001266

Scope note:

Widely scattered islands in the Atlantic Ocean as far north as the AZORES and as far south as the South Sandwich Islands, with the greatest concentration found in the CARIBBEAN REGION. They include Annobon Island, Ascension, Canary Islands, Falkland Islands, Fernando Po (also called Isla de Bioko and Bioko), Gough Island, Madeira, Sao Tome and Principe, Saint Helena, and Tristan da Cunha.

Annotation:

note specifics here and under CARIBBEAN REGION

Allowable Qualifiers:

EH ethnologie
EP épidémiologie

DeCS ID:

1274

Unique ID:

D001266

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01