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District of Columbia

"District of Columbia" 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.

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A federal area located between Maryland and Virginia on the Potomac river; it is coextensive with Washington, D.C., which is the capital of the United States.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "District of Columbia" by people in this website by year, and whether "District of Columbia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 14 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1997 and 1998 and 2001 and 2002 and 2003 and 2006 and 2011 and 2014 and 2015 and 2019 and 2020 and 2021 and 2022 and 2023
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