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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