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Descriptor English: Geographic Locations
Descriptor Spanish: Ubicaciones Geográficas
Descriptor Portuguese: Localizações Geográficas
Descriptor French: Régions géographiques
Entry term(s): Geographic Location
Tree number(s): Z01
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005842
Scope note: The continents and countries situated on those continents; the UNITED STATES and each of the constituent states arranged by region; CANADA and each of its provinces; AUSTRALIA and each of its states; the major bodies of water and major islands on both hemispheres; and selected major cities.
Annotation: used for searching; do not confuse with GEOGRAPHY; INDEXER: Do not use; CATALOGER: Do not use
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
Previous Indexing: specific geographic location (1966-1997)
History Note: 98; use explode 1967-97
Entry Version: GEOGR LOCATIONS
DeCS ID: 5980
Unique ID: D005842
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Geographic Locations - Preferred
Concept UI M0009176
Scope note The continents and countries situated on those continents; the UNITED STATES and each of the constituent states arranged by region; CANADA and each of its provinces; AUSTRALIA and each of its states; the major bodies of water and major islands on both hemispheres; and selected major cities.
Preferred term Geographic Locations
Entry term(s) Geographic Location



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