DeCS

Descriptor English:

Africa, Northern

Descriptor Spanish:

África del Norte

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	África del Norte
Entry term(s)	Magreb Norte de África Sahara África francófona
Scope note:	Área geográfica de África que incluye ARGELIA, EGIPTO, LIBIA, MARRUECOS Y TÚNEZ. Incluye también el vasto desierto del Sahara y sus oasis. A menudo se hace referencia a ella como Norte de África o el Magreb.

Descriptor Portuguese:

África do Norte

Descriptor French:

Afrique du Nord

Entry term(s):

Afrique francophone
Maghreb
Sahara

Tree number(s):

Z01.058.266

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000352

Scope note:

The geographical area of Africa comprising ALGERIA; EGYPT; LIBYA; MOROCCO and TUNISIA. It includes also the vast deserts and oases of the Sahara. It is often referred to as North Africa or the Maghreb.

Annotation:

a geographic area; prefer specific countries; titles often refer to the Maghreb or Maghrib, the Arabic name for Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia & sometimes Libya collectively: check text for possible specificity, otherwise index under AFRICA, NORTHERN

Allowable Qualifiers:

EH ethnologie
EP épidémiologie

DeCS ID:

357

Unique ID:

D000352

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01