"British Columbia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A province of Canada on the Pacific coast. Its capital is Victoria. The name given in 1858 derives from the Columbia River which was named by the American captain Robert Gray for his ship Columbia which in turn was named for Columbus. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p178 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p81-2)
| Descriptor ID |
D001955
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.567.176.160
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "British Columbia" by people in Profiles.
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Systolic BP and Mortality in Older Adults with CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Sep 04; 10(9):1553-9.
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Marijuana and chronic obstructive lung disease: a population-based study. CMAJ. 2009 Apr 14; 180(8):814-20.
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Assessing regional public health preparedness: a new tool for considering cross-border issues. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2008 Sep-Oct; 14(5):E15-22.
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Antilock brakes and the risk of driver injury in a crash: a case-control study. Accid Anal Prev. 2007 Sep; 39(5):995-1000.
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Predisposing, reinforcing and enabling factors associated with hepatitis B testing in Chinese Canadians in British Columbia. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2007 Jan-Mar; 8(1):39-44.
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Skin cancer diagnosis in a primary care setting. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1996 Apr; 34(4):608-11.
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Comparison of the appropriateness of coronary angiography and coronary artery bypass graft surgery between Canada and New York State. JAMA. 1994 Sep 28; 272(12):934-40.
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Cigarette smoking and the risk of anogenital cancer. Am J Epidemiol. 1992 Jan 15; 135(2):180-9.