"Caribbean Region" 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 area that lies between continental North and South America and comprises the Caribbean Sea, the West Indies, and the adjacent mainland regions of southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela.
| Descriptor ID |
D017691
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.084
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Caribbean Region" by people in Profiles.
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Pachter LM, Caldwell CH, Jackson JS, Bernstein BA. Discrimination and Mental Health in a Representative Sample of African-American and Afro-Caribbean Youth. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2018 08; 5(4):831-837.
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Burdick WP, van Zanten M, Boulet JR. The Shortage of Clinical Training Sites in an Era of Global Collaboration. Acad Med. 2016 05; 91(5):615-7.
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Banydeen R, Rose AM, Martin D, Aiken W, Alexis C, Andall-Brereton G, Ashing K, Avery JG, Avery P, Deloumeaux J, Ekomaye N, Gabriel O, Hassell T, Hughes L, Hutton M, Jyoti SK, Layne P, Luce D, Patrick A, Prussia P, Smith-Ravin J, Veronique-Baudin J, Blackman E, Roach V, Ragin C. Advancing Cancer Control Through Research and Cancer Registry Collaborations in the Caribbean. Cancer Control. 2015 Oct; 22(4):520-30.
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Bardach A, Cafferata ML, Klein K, Cormick G, Gibbons L, Ruvinsky S. Incidence and use of resources for chickenpox and herpes zoster in Latin America and the Caribbean--a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Dec; 31(12):1263-8.
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Studdiford JS, Bonat J. Pruritic rash after an ocean swim. Am Fam Physician. 2007 Aug 1; 76(3):425-6.
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Pachter LM, Sumner T, Fontan A, Sneed M, Bernstein BA. Home-based therapies for the common cold among European American and ethnic minority families: the interface between alternative/complementary and folk medicine. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998 Nov; 152(11):1083-8.