"Bahamas" 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.
A chain of islands, cays, and reefs in the West Indies, lying southeast of Florida and north of Cuba. It is an independent state, called also the Commonwealth of the Bahamas or the Bahama Islands. The name likely represents the local name Guanahani, itself of uncertain origin. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p106 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p45)
| Descriptor ID |
D001444
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.084.900.100 Z01.639.880.100
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Bahamas".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Bahamas".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Bahamas" by people in this website by year, and whether "Bahamas" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Bahamas" by people in Profiles.
-
Karpyn A, Headley MG, Knowles Z, Hepburn E, Kennedy N, Wolgast HK, Riser D, Osei Sarfo AR. Validity of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale and prevalence of food insecurity in The Bahamas. Rural Remote Health. 2021 11; 21(4):6724.
-
Wade GH, DeLashmutt MB, DeCaire A, Boyce E. Preconception Peer Educators' exploratory outreach to the Bahamas: A foundation for an international service learning initiative. J Prof Nurs. 2017 Jul - Aug; 33(4):293-298.
-
Dames DN, Blackman E, Butler R, Taioli E, Eckstein S, Devarajan K, Griffith-Bowe A, Gomez P, Ragin C. High-risk cervical human papillomavirus infections among human immunodeficiency virus-positive women in the Bahamas. PLoS One. 2014; 9(1):e85429.
-
Blackman E, Thurman N, Halliday D, Butler R, Francis D, Joseph M, Thompson J, Akers A, Andraos-Selim C, Bondzi C, Taioli E, Hagan KL, Jones EA, Jones J, Moss CM, Smith AC, Ashing KT, Ragin CC. Multicenter study of human papillomavirus and the human papillomavirus vaccine: knowledge and attitudes among people of African descent. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2013; 2013:428582.