"Pacific Islands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The islands of the Pacific Ocean divided into MICRONESIA; MELANESIA; and POLYNESIA (including NEW ZEALAND). The collective name Oceania includes the aforenamed islands, adding AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; and the Malay Archipelago (INDONESIA). (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p910, 880)
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D010139
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MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.639.760 Z01.678.100.873
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2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pacific Islands" by people in Profiles.
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Ayers JW, Juon HS, Lee S, Park E. Hepatitis B vaccination prevalence and its predictors among Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and multiracial adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. J Immigr Minor Health. 2010 Dec; 12(6):847-52.
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Ta VM, Juon HS, Gielen AC, Steinwachs D, McFarlane E, Duggan A. A longitudinal analysis of depressive symptoms among Asian and Pacific Islander mothers at-risk for child maltreatment. Community Ment Health J. 2009 Feb; 45(1):42-55.
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Polek C, Klemm P, Hardie T, Wheeler E, Birney M, Lynch K. Asian/Pacific Islander American women: age and death rates during hospitalization for breast cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2004 Jul; 31(4):E69-74.
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Westland C, Delaney W, Yang H, Chen SS, Marcellin P, Hadziyannis S, Gish R, Fry J, Brosgart C, Gibbs C, Miller M, Xiong S. Hepatitis B virus genotypes and virologic response in 694 patients in phase III studies of adefovir dipivoxil1. Gastroenterology. 2003 Jul; 125(1):107-16.