| Descriptor English: | Americas | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Américas
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | América | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Amériques | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
America |
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| Tree number(s): |
Z01.107 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000569 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The general name for NORTH AMERICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; and SOUTH AMERICA unspecified or combined. |
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| Annotation: | too general; avoid; prefer specific continents or countries; titles saying "American" are likely to be indexed to UNITED STATES, not here |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
EH ethnology EP epidemiology |
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| History Note: | 96; was AMERICA 1975-95 |
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| DeCS ID: | 19039 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D000569 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1996/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2001/07/25 |
Americas
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0000889 |
| Scope note | The general name for NORTH AMERICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; and SOUTH AMERICA unspecified or combined. |
| Preferred term | Americas |
| Entry term(s) |
America |
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