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Descriptor English: Middle East
Descriptor Spanish: Medio Oriente
Descriptor Oriente Medio
Entry term(s) Cisjordania
Franja de Gaza
Medio Oriente
Oriente Próximo
Países Árabes
Scope note: Región del sudoeste asiático y el noreste de África que generalmente se considera comprendida entre Libia, por el oeste, y Afganistán, por el este. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988)
Descriptor Portuguese: Oriente Médio
Descriptor French: Moyen Orient
Entry term(s): Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip (Palestine)
Near East
West Bank
Tree number(s): Z01.252.245.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008877
Scope note: The region of southwest Asia and northeastern Africa usually considered as extending from Libya on the west to Afghanistan on the east. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988)
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
Previous Indexing: Asia, Western (1966-1981)
specific Middle East country (1966-1981)
Online Note: use ASIA, WESTERN to search NEAR EAST 1994-95
History Note: 82; NEAR EAST was see ASIA, WESTERN 1994-95
DeCS ID: 9064
Unique ID: D008877
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1982/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/02/24
Revision Date: 2016/12/22
Middle East - Preferred
Concept UI M0013854
Scope note The region of southwest Asia and northeastern Africa usually considered as extending from Libya on the west to Afghanistan on the east. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988)
Preferred term Middle East
West Bank - Narrower
Concept UI M0013857
Preferred term West Bank
Near East - Broader
Concept UI M0013855
Preferred term Near East
Gaza Strip - Narrower
Concept UI M0013853
Preferred term Gaza Strip
Entry term(s) Gaza Strip (Palestine)



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