"West Indies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Islands lying between southeastern North America and northern South America, enclosing the Caribbean Sea. They comprise the Greater Antilles (CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HAITI; JAMAICA; and PUERTO RICO), the Lesser Antilles (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and the other Leeward Islands, BARBADOS; MARTINIQUE and the other Windward Islands, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITISH VIRGINI ISLANDS, and the islands north of Venezuela which include TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO), and the BAHAMAS. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1330)
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D014900
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.084.900 Z01.639.880
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "West Indies" by people in Profiles.
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Relation of Diabetes to Cognitive Function in Hispanics/Latinos of Diverse Backgrounds in the United States. J Aging Health. 2019 08; 31(7):1155-1171.
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Hyaline membrane disease in black newborns: does fetal lung maturation occur earlier? Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1994 Jun 30; 55(3):157-61.
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West Indian punctate keratopathy. Cornea. 1993 Sep; 12(5):406-12.
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Neonatal bacterial septicemia in a tropical area. Four-year experience in Guadeloupe (French West Indies). Acta Paediatr. 1993 Aug; 82(8):687-9.
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Congenital heart disease diagnosed in Guadeloupe. Bull Pan Am Health Organ. 1993; 27(2):151-3.