"Central America" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A region of southern NORTH AMERICA extending from the southern border of MEXICO to the northern border of COLOMBIA. It separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean and is linked to SOUTH AMERICA by the Isthmus of Panama.
| Descriptor ID |
D002489
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.169
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Central America" by people in Profiles.
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Sheehan DM, Mauck DE, Fennie KP, Cyrus EA, Maddox LM, Lieb S, Trepka MJ. Black-White and Country of Birth Disparities in Retention in HIV Care and Viral Suppression among Latinos with HIV in Florida, 2015. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 01 27; 14(2).
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C?spedes-Garro C, Naranjo MG, Rodrigues-Soares F, LLerena A, Duconge J, Montan?-Jaime LK, Roblejo H, Fari?as H, Campos ML, Ram?rez R, Serrano V, Villagr?n CI, Pe?as-LLed? EM. Pharmacogenetic research activity in Central America and the Caribbean: a systematic review. Pharmacogenomics. 2016 10; 17(15):1707-1724.
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De La Rosa M, Huang H, Brook JS, Sanchez M, Rojas P, Kanamori M, Cano M?, Martinez M. Sociocultural determinants of substance misuse among adult Latinas of Caribbean and South and Central American descent: A longitudinal study of a community-based sample. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2018 Jul-Sep; 17(3):303-323.
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Engelthaler DM, Roe CC, Hepp CM, Teixeira M, Driebe EM, Schupp JM, Gade L, Waddell V, Komatsu K, Arathoon E, Logemann H, Thompson GR, Chiller T, Barker B, Keim P, Litvintseva AP. Local Population Structure and Patterns of Western Hemisphere Dispersal for Coccidioides spp., the Fungal Cause of Valley Fever. mBio. 2016 Apr 26; 7(2):e00550-16.
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Setiawan VW, Wei PC, Hernandez BY, Lu SC, Monroe KR, Le Marchand L, Yuan JM. Disparity in liver cancer incidence and chronic liver disease mortality by nativity in Hispanics: The Multiethnic Cohort. Cancer. 2016 05 01; 122(9):1444-52.
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Sheehan DM, Trepka MJ, Dillon FR. Latinos in the United States on the HIV/AIDS care continuum by birth country/region: a systematic review of the literature. Int J STD AIDS. 2015 Jan; 26(1):1-12.
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Ayala GX, Baquero B, Laraia BA, Ji M, Linnan L. Efficacy of a store-based environmental change intervention compared with a delayed treatment control condition on store customers' intake of fruits and vegetables. Public Health Nutr. 2013 Nov; 16(11):1953-60.
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Ramadhani T, Short V, Canfield MA, Waller DK, Correa A, Royle M, Scheuerle A. Are birth defects among Hispanics related to maternal nativity or number of years lived in the United States? Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2009 Sep; 85(9):755-63.
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Mackay WP, Maes JM, Rojas Fern?ndez P, Luna G. The ants of North and Central America: the genus Mycocepurus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J Insect Sci. 2004; 4:27.
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Arisoy ES, Levy ML, Correa AG. Furuncular myiasis in a mother and child returning from Central America. J Travel Med. 1999 Mar; 6(1):48-9.