"North 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 northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending northward from the Colombia-Panama border and including CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, Caribbean area, the UNITED STATES, CANADA and GREENLAND. The term often refers more narrowly to MEXICO, continental UNITED STATES, AND CANADA.
| Descriptor ID |
D009656
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.567
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2011 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2012 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2013 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2014 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2015 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2018 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2019 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "North America" by people in Profiles.
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A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned. Nat Commun. 2025 Feb 10; 16(1):1493.
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Adaptive Evolution of Freezing Tolerance in Oaks Is Key to Their Dominance in North America. Ecol Lett. 2025 Feb; 28(2):e70084.
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Exploring brain health awareness and dementia risk in young adults: A focus group study. Public Health. 2025 Feb; 239:179-184.
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Integration of 168,000 samples reveals global patterns of the human gut microbiome. Cell. 2025 Feb 20; 188(4):1100-1118.e17.
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Seven years of Non-invasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-like Nuclear Features (NIFTP): Rate of Acceptance and Variation of Diagnostic Approaches Across Different Continents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Dec 18; 110(1):166-175.
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Cervical squamous cell carcinoma outcomes across continents: A retrospective study. Gynecol Oncol. 2024 Nov; 190:272-282.
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Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA)/American Urological Association (AUA) telemedicine and men's health white paper. J Sex Med. 2024 Mar 28; 21(4):318-332.
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Adults with cerebral palsy and functional decline: A cross-sectional analysis of patient-reported outcomes from a novel North American registry. Disabil Health J. 2024 Jul; 17(3):101593.
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The First Generation of Asian American Pediatric Surgical Trainees in North America. J Surg Res. 2024 Apr; 296:636-642.
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Implications of methodologies for integrating empirical kinships into ex situ population management using PMx: A case study of Baer's Pochard (Aythya baeri) in North America. J Hered. 2024 Feb 03; 115(1):19-31.