 Latin America
"Latin 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 geographic area of Latin America in general and when the specific country or countries are not indicated. It usually includes Central America, South America, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean.
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D007843
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.424
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Latin America" by people in Profiles.
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Bhalla K, Gleason K. Effects of vehicle safety design on road traffic deaths, injuries, and public health burden in the Latin American region: a modelling study. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 06; 8(6):e819-e828.
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Suarez JI, Martin RH, Bauza C, Georgiadis A, Venkatasubba Rao CP, Calvillo E, Hemphill JC, Sung G, Oddo M, Taccone FS, LeRoux PD. Worldwide Organization of Neurocritical Care: Results from the PRINCE Study Part 1. Neurocrit Care. 2020 02; 32(1):172-179.
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Gibbons RD, Alegría M, Cai L, Herrera L, Markle SL, Collazos F, Baca-García E. Successful validation of the CAT-MH Scales in a sample of Latin American migrants in the United States and Spain. Psychol Assess. 2018 Oct; 30(10):1267-1276.
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Velazco PM, Patterson BD. Diversification of the yellow-shouldered bats, genus Sturnira (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), in the New World tropics. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2013 Sep; 68(3):683-98.
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Goss PE, Lee BL, Badovinac-Crnjevic T, Strasser-Weippl K, Chavarri-Guerra Y, St Louis J, Villarreal-Garza C, Unger-Saldaña K, Ferreyra M, Debiasi M, Liedke PE, Touya D, Werutsky G, Higgins M, Fan L, Vasconcelos C, Cazap E, Vallejos C, Mohar A, Knaul F, Arreola H, Batura R, Luciani S, Sullivan R, Finkelstein D, Simon S, Barrios C, Kightlinger R, Gelrud A, Bychkovsky V, Lopes G, Stefani S, Blaya M, Souza FH, Santos FS, Kaemmerer A, de Azambuja E, Zorilla AF, Murillo R, Jeronimo J, Tsu V, Carvalho A, Gil CF, Sternberg C, Dueñas-Gonzalez A, Sgroi D, Cuello M, Fresco R, Reis RM, Masera G, Gabús R, Ribeiro R, Knust R, Ismael G, Rosenblatt E, Roth B, Villa L, Solares AL, Leon MX, Torres-Vigil I, Covarrubias-Gomez A, Hernández A, Bertolino M, Schwartsmann G, Santillana S, Esteva F, Fein L, Mano M, Gomez H, Hurlbert M, Durstine A, Azenha G. Planning cancer control in Latin America and the Caribbean. Lancet Oncol. 2013 Apr; 14(5):391-436.
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Bakris G. Clinical guidelines: blood pressure goals in T2DM: a Latin American perspective. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2013 Mar; 9(3):138-9.
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Zakrison TL, Armada F, Rai N, Muntaner C. The politics of avoidable blindness in Latin America--surgery, solidarity, and solutions: the case of Misión Milagro. Int J Health Serv. 2012; 42(3):425-37.
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McClintock TR, Chen Y, Bundschuh J, Oliver JT, Navoni J, Olmos V, Lepori EV, Ahsan H, Parvez F. Arsenic exposure in Latin America: biomarkers, risk assessments and related health effects. Sci Total Environ. 2012 Jul 01; 429:76-91.
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Parker ER, Sethi A. Chagas disease: coming to a place near you. Dermatol Clin. 2011 Jan; 29(1):53-62.
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Goldstein LB, Silberberg M, McMiller Y, Yaggy SD. Stroke-related knowledge among uninsured Latino immigrants in Durham County, North Carolina. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2009 May-Jun; 18(3):229-31.
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