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Descriptor English: Asia, Eastern
Descriptor Spanish: Asia Oriental
Descriptor Asia Oriental
Entry term(s) Extremo Oriente
Lejano Oriente
Scope note: Área geográfica del este y sureste de Asia que comprende CHINA, COREA (geográfico), HONG KONG, JAPÓN, MACAO, MONGOLIA y TAIWÁN.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ásia Oriental
Descriptor French: Extrême-Orient
Entry term(s): East Asia
Eastern Asia
Far East
Tree number(s): Z01.252.474
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005202
Scope note: A geographic area of east and southeast Asia encompassing CHINA; HONG KONG; JAPAN; KOREA; MACAO; MONGOLIA; and TAIWAN.
Annotation: a geog area of east & southeast Asia; prefer specific countries
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
History Note: 2023(1967)
DeCS ID: 5306
Unique ID: D005202
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1963/01/01
Date of Entry: 1975/06/19
Revision Date: 2022/07/08
Asia, Eastern - Preferred
Concept UI M0008231
Scope note A geographic area of east and southeast Asia encompassing CHINA; HONG KONG; JAPAN; KOREA; MACAO; MONGOLIA; and TAIWAN.
Preferred term Asia, Eastern
Entry term(s) East Asia
Eastern Asia
Far East



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