"North America" 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 northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending northward from the Colombia-Panama border and including CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, Caribbean area, the UNITED STATES, CANADA and GREENLAND. The term often refers more narrowly to MEXICO, continental UNITED STATES, AND CANADA.
| Descriptor ID |
D009656
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.567
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2013 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "North America" by people in Profiles.
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Recent and projected incidence trends and risk of anal cancer among people with HIV in North America. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 Sep 01; 116(9):1450-1458.
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Wellness and Coping of Physicians Who Worked in ICUs During the Pandemic: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional North American Survey. Crit Care Med. 2022 12 01; 50(12):1689-1700.
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Exercise-Induced Ventricular Ectopy and?Cardiovascular Mortality in Asymptomatic Individuals. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 12 07; 78(23):2267-2277.
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Assessment of North American Clinical Research Site Performance During the Start-up of Large Cardiovascular Clinical Trials. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 07 01; 4(7):e2117963.
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Non-Adherence to Antihypertensive Guidelines in Patients with Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Aug; 30(8):105918.
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Outcomes of Rescue Endovascular Treatment of Emergent Large Vessel Occlusion in Patients With Underlying Intracranial Atherosclerosis: Insights From STAR. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 06 15; 10(12):e020195.
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Long-term safety and efficacy of tezacaftor-ivacaftor in individuals with cystic fibrosis aged 12 years or older who are homozygous or heterozygous for Phe508del CFTR (EXTEND): an open-label extension study. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 07; 9(7):733-746.
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Outcomes of COVID-19 Among Hospitalized Health Care Workers in North America. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 01 04; 4(1):e2035699.
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Digestive Manifestations in Patients Hospitalized With Coronavirus Disease 2019. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Jul; 19(7):1355-1365.e4.
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Sacubitril/Valsartan and Sudden Cardiac Death According to Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Use and Heart?Failure Cause: A PARADIGM-HF Analysis. JACC Heart Fail. 2020 10; 8(10):844-855.