"Asia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The largest of the continents. It was known to the Romans more specifically as what we know today as Asia Minor. The name comes from at least two possible sources: from the Assyrian asu (to rise) or from the Sanskrit usa (dawn), both with reference to its being the land of the rising sun, i.e., eastern as opposed to Europe, to the west. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p82 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p34)
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D001208
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.252
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| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asia" by people in Profiles.
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International variation in characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes and heart failure: Insights from TECOS. Am Heart J. 2019 12; 218:57-65.
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The Importance of Being Adaptable: Developing Guidelines for Lung Nodule Evaluation in Asia. Chest. 2016 10; 150(4):763-765.
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Longitudinal study of body mass index in Asian men who immigrate to the US. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2015; 24(4):701-9.
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The global health and economic burden of hospitalizations for heart failure: lessons learned from hospitalized heart failure registries. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Apr 01; 63(12):1123-1133.
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Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk. Nature. 2011 Sep 11; 478(7367):103-9.
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Recording of hormone therapy and breast density in breast screening programs: summary and recommendations of the International Cancer Screening Network. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2010 Dec; 124(3):793-800.
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Rates and sociodemographic correlates of cancer screening among South Asians. J Community Health. 2009 Apr; 34(2):113-21.
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Tobacco use among South Asians: results of a community-university collaborative study. Ethn Health. 2009 Apr; 14(2):131-45.
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Diverse contexts of zoonotic transmission of simian foamy viruses in Asia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Aug; 14(8):1200-8.
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are highly conserved in rhesus (Macaca mulatta) and cynomolgus (Macaca fascicularis) macaques. BMC Genomics. 2007 Dec 31; 8:480.