"Caribbean Region" 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 area that lies between continental North and South America and comprises the Caribbean Sea, the West Indies, and the adjacent mainland regions of southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela.
| Descriptor ID |
D017691
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.084
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Caribbean Region" by people in Profiles.
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The Role of Religious Socialization and Religiosity in African American and Caribbean Black Adolescents' Sexual Initiation. J Relig Health. 2018 Oct; 57(5):1889-1904.
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The chromosome 3q25 genomic region is associated with measures of adiposity in newborns in a multi-ethnic genome-wide association study. Hum Mol Genet. 2013 Sep 01; 22(17):3583-96.