"North America" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending northward from the Colombia-Panama border and including CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, Caribbean area, the UNITED STATES, CANADA and GREENLAND. The term often refers more narrowly to MEXICO, continental UNITED STATES, AND CANADA.
Descriptor ID |
D009656
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MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.567
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2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "North America" by people in Profiles.
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Risk factors for prolonged length of stay after the stage 2 procedure in the single-ventricle reconstruction trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Jun; 147(6):1791-8, 1798.e1-4.
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Assessment of nutrition education among pediatric gastroenterologists: a survey of NASPGHAN members. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2013 Feb; 56(2):137-44.
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Storage and transfusion of infected autologous blood or components: a survey of North American laboratories. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2005 Aug; 129(8):981-3.
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Phenotype matching of donor red blood cell units for nonalloimmunized sickle cell disease patients: a survey of 1182 North American laboratories. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2005 Feb; 129(2):190-3.