"Puerto Rico" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is San Juan. It is a self-governing commonwealth in union with the United States. It was discovered by Columbus in 1493 but no colonization was attempted until 1508. It belonged to Spain until ceded to the United States in 1898. It became a commonwealth with autonomy in internal affairs in 1952. Columbus named the island San Juan for St. John's Day, the Monday he arrived, and the bay Puerto Rico, rich harbor. The island became Puerto Rico officially in 1932. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p987 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p436)
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D011647
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.084.900.750 Z01.639.880.750
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Puerto Rico" by people in Profiles.
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Recent cervical cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis, and mortality trends in Puerto Rico, 2001-2019. BMC Med. 2024 Aug 13; 22(1):327.
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Barriers and facilitators to anal cancer screening among people living with HIV in Puerto Rico. BMC Public Health. 2023 10 06; 23(1):1940.
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Evaluating the performance of anal cytology and high-risk HPV genotyping for detecting anal HSIL in a clinic-based sample of people living with and without HIV in Puerto Rico. Cancer Cytopathol. 2023 10; 131(10):655-664.
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Screening History and Survival Among Women With Cervical Cancer in Puerto Rico. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2023 Jan 01; 27(1):19-23.
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Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy with Puerto Rican youth in a post-disaster context: Tailoring, implementation, and program evaluation outcomes. Child Abuse Negl. 2022 07; 129:105671.
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Cervical Cancer Screening Among Medicaid Patients During Natural Disasters and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Puerto Rico, 2016 to 2020. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 10 01; 4(10):e2128806.
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Incidence of Cervical Cancer in Puerto Rico, 2001-2017. JAMA Oncol. 2021 Mar 01; 7(3):456-458.
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anus Incidence, Mortality, and Survival Among the General Population and Persons Living With HIV in Puerto Rico, 2000-2016. JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 01; 7:133-143.
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Provision of mental health services immediately following a natural disaster: Experiences after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. J Emerg Manag. 2021; 19(8 (Spec Issue on Puerto Rico)):167-175.
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Racial and Ethnic Differences Over Time in Outcomes of Infants Born Less Than 30 Weeks' Gestation. Pediatrics. 2019 09; 144(3).