"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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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 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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Standardized treatment to improve hypertension control in primary health care: The HEARTS in the Americas Initiative. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2020 12; 22(12):2285-2295.
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Characterizing the US trade in lionfishes. PLoS One. 2019; 14(8):e0221272.
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The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association 2017 hypertension guideline: Implications for incorporation in Latin America, the Caribbean, and other resource-limited settings. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2018 09; 20(9):1342-1349.
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Standardized Hypertension Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity and Mortality Worldwide. South Med J. 2018 03; 111(3):133-136.
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Controlling hypertension and reducing its associated morbidity and mortality in the Caribbean: implications of race and ethnicity. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2017 Oct; 19(10):1010-1014.
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Dynamic oceanography determines fine scale foraging behavior of Masked Boobies in the Gulf of Mexico. PLoS One. 2017; 12(6):e0178318.
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Advancing the strategic use of HIV operations research to strengthen local policies and programmes: the Research to Prevention Project. J Int AIDS Soc. 2015; 18:20029.
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Microbial functional structure of Montastraea faveolata, an important Caribbean reef-building coral, differs between healthy and yellow-band diseased colonies. Environ Microbiol. 2010 Feb; 12(2):541-56.
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Brain morphology in older African Americans, Caribbean Hispanics, and whites from northern Manhattan. Arch Neurol. 2008 Aug; 65(8):1053-61.