"Hawaii" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of islands in Polynesia, in the north central Pacific Ocean, comprising eight major and 114 minor islands, largely volcanic and coral. Its capital is Honolulu. It was first reached by Polynesians about 500 A.D. It was discovered and named the Sandwich Islands in 1778 by Captain Cook. The islands were united under the rule of King Kamehameha 1795-1819 and requested annexation to the United States in 1893 when a provisional government was set up. Hawaii was established as a territory in 1900 and admitted as a state in 1959. The name is from the Polynesian Owhyhii, place of the gods, with reference to the two volcanoes Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, regarded as the abode of the gods. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p493 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p2330)
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D006254
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.567.875.580.375 Z01.639.760.815.482
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hawaii" by people in Profiles.
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Breast Cancer Survival in Asian American Patients. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jul 01; 9(7):e2621041.
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Increased Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Among Multiracial Asian and Pacific Islander Adults With Diabetes: Evidence From Electronic Health Records. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 May 05; 15(9):e043657.
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PREVENT Equation Performance in Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Groups. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 02 02; 9(2):e2556915.
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Incidence of Heart Failure in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander Populations. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Sep 09; 86(10):725-734.
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Differences in Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Incidence Among Single-Race and Multiracial Asian and Pacific Islander Subgroups in Hawaii and California: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 May 06; 14(9):e039076.
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Pubertal Timing Across Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Subgroups. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 01; 7(5):e2410253.
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A Systematic Literature Review of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Youth Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Use. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2023 07; 82(7):151-157.
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Prevalence of cardiovascular disease among Asian, Pacific Islander and multi-race populations in Hawai'i and California. BMC Public Health. 2023 05 15; 23(1):885.
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obese Prepregnancy BMI and Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Using Asian-Specific Cutoffs Among Asian and Mixed-Asian Women Living in Hawaii: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Matern Child Health J. 2023 Apr; 27(4):728-736.
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Incidence of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Infection, by Ethnic Group, Hawaii, USA, 2005-2019. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 08; 28(8):1543-1550.