"Puerto Rico" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is San Juan. It is a self-governing commonwealth in union with the United States. It was discovered by Columbus in 1493 but no colonization was attempted until 1508. It belonged to Spain until ceded to the United States in 1898. It became a commonwealth with autonomy in internal affairs in 1952. Columbus named the island San Juan for St. John's Day, the Monday he arrived, and the bay Puerto Rico, rich harbor. The island became Puerto Rico officially in 1932. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p987 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p436)
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D011647
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.084.900.750 Z01.639.880.750
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Puerto Rico" by people in Profiles.
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Prevalence and correlates of mild cognitive impairment among diverse Hispanics/Latinos: Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging results. Alzheimers Dement. 2019 12; 15(12):1507-1515.
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Development of a Bidimensional Simpat?a Scale for Use With Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American Adults. Nurs Res. 2019 Sep/Oct; 68(5):348-357.
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A 48-week randomized phase 2b study evaluating cenicriviroc versus efavirenz in treatment-naive HIV-infected adults with C-C chemokine receptor type 5-tropic virus. AIDS. 2016 Mar 27; 30(6):869-78.
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Results from a community-based trial testing a community health worker asthma intervention in Puerto Rican youth in Chicago. J Asthma. 2015 Feb; 52(1):59-70.
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Home asthma triggers: barriers to asthma control in Chicago Puerto Rican children. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013 May; 24(2):813-27.
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Recruitment, asthma characteristics, and medication behaviors in Midwestern Puerto Rican youth: data from Project CURA. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2012 Aug; 109(2):121-7.
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Ataque de nervios: relationship to anxiety sensitivity and dissociation predisposition. Depress Anxiety. 2008; 25(6):489-95.
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Immunogenetics of CD4 lymphocyte count recovery during antiretroviral therapy: An AIDS Clinical Trials Group study. J Infect Dis. 2006 Oct 15; 194(8):1098-107.
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Complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a national survey of 4,292 hospitals and an analysis of 77,604 cases. Am J Surg. 1993 Jan; 165(1):9-14.