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Descriptor English: Gulf of Mexico
Descriptor Spanish: Golfo de México
Descriptor Golfo de Méjico
Scope note: Masa de agua ubicada en la esquina sudeste de América del Norte. Limitada, al norte , por los estados de Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Luisiana y Texas; por cinco estados de México hacia el oeste; Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche y Yucatán; y por Cuba, al sureste.
Descriptor Portuguese: Golfo do México
Descriptor French: Golfe du Mexique
Tree number(s): Z01.756.092.325
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D060851
Scope note: A body of water located at the southeastern corner of North America. It is bordered by the states to the north of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas; by five Mexican states to the west: Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan; and by Cuba to the southeast.
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
History Note: 2012
DeCS ID: 54861
Unique ID: D060851
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Revision Date: 2017/06/30
Gulf of Mexico - Preferred
Concept UI M0555633
Scope note A body of water located at the southeastern corner of North America. It is bordered by the states to the north of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas; by five Mexican states to the west: Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan; and by Cuba to the southeast.
Preferred term Gulf of Mexico



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