"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "North America" by people in Profiles.
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The Importance of Engaging in Physical Activity in Older Adulthood for Transitions Between Cognitive Status Categories and Death: A Coordinated Analysis of 14 Longitudinal Studies. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2021 08 13; 76(9):1661-1667.
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North American Physician Practice Patterns in the Management of Anticoagulation in Pregnancy. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2021 06; 30(6):829-836.
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Critical Care Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2020 Aug; 33(8):1040-1047.
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Sham Surgery Studies in Orthopaedic Surgery May Just Be a Sham: A Systematic Review of Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials. Arthroscopy. 2020 10; 36(10):2750-2762.e2.
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What Is the Predictive Ability and Academic Impact of the Altmetrics Score and Social Media Attention? Am J Sports Med. 2020 04; 48(5):1056-1062.
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The North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Consensus Paper on the Surgical Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Pancreas. 2020 01; 49(1):1-33.
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Survival Outcomes of Younger Patients With Mantle Cell Lymphoma Treated in the Rituximab Era. J Clin Oncol. 2019 02 20; 37(6):471-480.
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EGFR-Mutant Adenocarcinomas That Transform to Small-Cell Lung Cancer and Other Neuroendocrine Carcinomas: Clinical Outcomes. J Clin Oncol. 2019 02 01; 37(4):278-285.
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Time to Full Enteral Feeding for Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants Varies Markedly Among Hospitals Worldwide But May Not Be Associated With Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis: The NEOMUNE-NeoNutriNet Cohort Study. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2019 07; 43(5):658-667.
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General thoracic surgical training in North America: Contrasting general thoracic surgery residencies in?Canada and the United States. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 12; 156(6):2379-2387.