"Pacific Islands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The islands of the Pacific Ocean divided into MICRONESIA; MELANESIA; and POLYNESIA (including NEW ZEALAND). The collective name Oceania includes the aforenamed islands, adding AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; and the Malay Archipelago (INDONESIA). (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p910, 880)
| Descriptor ID |
D010139
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.639.760 Z01.678.100.873
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pacific Islands" by people in Profiles.
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Pacific Tracker 2 - expert system (PacTrac2-ES) behavioural assessment and intervention tool for the Pacific Kids DASH for Health (PacDASH) study. Food Chem. 2013 Oct 01; 140(3):471-7.
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Ethnic disparities in hospice use among Asian-American and Pacific Islander patients dying with cancer. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Jan; 56(1):139-44.
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Measles outbreak in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 2003. Int J Epidemiol. 2006 Apr; 35(2):299-306.
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Regional variation in hospitalization for stroke among Asians/Pacific Islanders in the United States: a nationwide retrospective cohort study. BMC Neurol. 2005 Nov 10; 5:21.
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Differential mortality and transplantation rates among Asians and Pacific Islanders with ESRD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005 Dec; 16(12):3711-20.
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Older Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders dying of cancer use hospice less frequently than older white patients. Am J Med. 2003 Jul; 115(1):47-53.
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Improving health outcomes in diverse populations: competency in cross-cultural research with indigenous Pacific islander populations. Ethn Health. 2002 Nov; 7(4):279-85.