"Middle East" 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 region of southwest Asia and northeastern Africa usually considered as extending from Libya on the west to Afghanistan on the east. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988)
| Descriptor ID |
D008877
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.252.245.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Middle East" by people in Profiles.
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Establishment of a formal program for retinoblastoma: Feasibility of clinical coordination across borders and impact on outcome. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 11; 66(11):e27959.
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Sustainable Cleft Care Through Education: The First Simulation-Based Comprehensive Workshop in the Middle East and North Africa Region. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2019 07; 56(6):735-743.
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Histological Diagnoses of Military Personnel Undergoing Lung Biopsy After Deployment to Southwest Asia. Lung. 2017 08; 195(4):507-515.
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Strategies to manage hepatitis C virus infection disease burden - volume 3. J Viral Hepat. 2015 Dec; 22 Suppl 4:42-65.
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Intervention effects on tobacco use in Arab and non-Arab American adolescents. Addict Behav. 2010 Jan; 35(1):46-8.
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Comparison of cigarette and water-pipe smoking by Arab and non-Arab-American youth. Am J Prev Med. 2008 Oct; 35(4):334-9.
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Health issues in the Arab American community. Tobacco use patterns among high school students: do Arab American youth differ? Ethn Dis. 2007; 17(2 Suppl 3):S3-22-S3-24.
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Health issues in the Arab American community. Collaborative research of tobacco use and its predictors in Arab and non-Arab American 9th graders. Ethn Dis. 2007; 17(2 Suppl 3):S3-19-S3-21.
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Culturally sensitive smoking cessation intervention program redesign for Arab-American youth. Ethn Dis. 2005; 15(1 Suppl 1):S1-62-4.
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A comparison of psychosocial factors and tobacco use among Arab and Arab-American adolescents: preliminary findings. Ethn Dis. 2005; 15(1 Suppl 1):S1-60-1.