 Jamaica
"Jamaica" 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 Kingston. It was discovered in 1494 by Columbus and was a Spanish colony 1509-1655 until captured by the English. Its flourishing slave trade was abolished in the 19th century. It was a British colony 1655-1958 and a territory of the West Indies Federation 1958-62. It achieved full independence in 1962. The name is from the Arawak Xaymaca, rich in springs or land of springs. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p564 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p267)
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D007563
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Z01.107.084.900.525
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| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Jamaica" by people in Profiles.
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Ritch CR, Wan RL, Stephens LB, Taxy JB, Huo D, Gong EM, Zagaja GP, Brendler CB. Dietary fatty acids correlate with prostate cancer biopsy grade and volume in Jamaican men. J Urol. 2007 Jan; 177(1):97-101; discussion 101.
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Bond JE, Sierwald P. Cryptic speciation in the Anadenobolus excisus millipede species complex on the Island of Jamaica. Evolution. 2002 Jun; 56(6):1123-35.
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Slom TJ, Cortese MM, Gerber SI, Jones RC, Holtz TH, Lopez AS, Zambrano CH, Sufit RL, Sakolvaree Y, Chaicumpa W, Herwaldt BL, Johnson S. An outbreak of eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in travelers returning from the Caribbean. N Engl J Med. 2002 Feb 28; 346(9):668-75.
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