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Descriptor English: Pacific States
Descriptor Spanish: Estados del Pacífico
Descriptor estados del Pacífico
Scope note: Designación geográfica para los estados que limitan el océano Pacífico o están situados en el mismo. Los estados designados de esta manera son Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon y Washington. (comunicación telefónica de U.S. Geologic Survey)
Descriptor Portuguese: Estados do Pacífico
Descriptor French: États du Pacifique
Tree number(s): Z01.107.567.875.580
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019601
Scope note: The geographic designation for states bordering on or located in the Pacific Ocean. The states so designated are Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. (U.S. Geologic Survey telephone communication)
Annotation: index specific states as needed but use PACIFIC STATES when text uses the term & when the region is the intent of the author; CATALOGER: Use for 4 or more states
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
History Note: 98
DeCS ID: 33620
Unique ID: D019601
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2015/06/05
Pacific States - Preferred
Concept UI M0029100
Scope note The geographic designation for states bordering on or located in the Pacific Ocean. The states so designated are Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. (U.S. Geologic Survey telephone communication)
Preferred term Pacific States



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