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Descriptor English: | West Indies | ||||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Indias Occidentales
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Índias Ocidentais | ||||||
Descriptor French: | Antilles | ||||||
Entry term(s): |
Iles Caïman Iles Caïmans Iles Turques-et-Caïques Iles caïmanes Indes occidentales Montserrat Îles Caïman Îles Caïmans Îles Turques-et-Caïques Îles caïmanes |
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Tree number(s): |
Z01.107.084.900 Z01.639.880 |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014900 | ||||||
Scope note: | 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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Annotation: | the indentions can be grouped as the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles & the Bahamas: see MeSH definition |
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Allowable Qualifiers: |
EH ethnologie EP épidémiologie |
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DeCS ID: | 15302 | ||||||
Unique ID: | D014900 | ||||||
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: | 2015/06/29 |
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Antilles
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Montserrat
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Iles Turques-et-Caïques
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Iles Caïman
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Concept UI |
M0022925 |
Preferred term | Antilles |
Entry term(s) |
Indes occidentales |
Concept UI |
M0022923 |
Preferred term | Montserrat |
Concept UI |
M0022924 |
Preferred term | Iles Turques-et-Caïques |
Entry term(s) |
Îles Turques-et-Caïques |
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M0022922 |
Preferred term | Iles Caïman |
Entry term(s) |
Iles Caïmans Iles caïmanes Îles Caïman Îles Caïmans Îles caïmanes |
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