North America

"North America" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending northward from the Colombia-Panama border and including CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, Caribbean area, the UNITED STATES, CANADA and GREENLAND. The term often refers more narrowly to MEXICO, continental UNITED STATES, AND CANADA.

Descriptor ID	D009656
MeSH Number(s)	Z01.107.567
Concept/Terms	North America North America Northern America Northern America

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Geographicals [Z]
Geographic Locations [Z01]
Americas [Z01.107]
North America [Z01.107.567]

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Bar chart showing 59 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2017

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	1
1999	1	1
2001	1	1
2002	2	2
2004	1	1
2005	2	2
2006	1	1
2007	1	1
2008	1	1
2009	4	4
2010	1	1
2011	1	1
2012	1	1
2013	4	4
2014	5	5
2015	2	2
2016	4	4
2017	8	8
2018	6	6
2019	2	2
2020	3	3
2021	4	4
2022	1	1
2023	2	2

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Smith MS, Teufel-Shone N. Editorial: Indigenous knowledge and chronic disease prevention among the first people of North America. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1150221.

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Lee NR, King A, Vigil D, Mullaney D, Sanderson PR, Ametepee T, Hammitt LL. Infectious diseases in Indigenous populations in North America: learning from the past to create a more equitable future. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 10; 23(10):e431-e444.

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Lang R, Gill MJ, Coburn SB, Grossman J, Gebo KA, Horberg MA, Mayor AM, Silverberg MJ, Willig AL, Justice AC, Klein MB, Bosch RJ, Rabkin CS, Hogan B, Thorne JE, Moore RD, Althoff KN. The changing prevalence of anemia and risk factors in people with HIV in North America who have initiated ART, 2007-2017. AIDS. 2023 02 01; 37(2):287-298.

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Young J, Lo Re V, Kim HN, Sterling TR, Althoff KN, Gebo KA, Gill MJ, Horberg MA, Mayor AM, Moore RD, Silverberg MJ, Klein MB. Do contemporary antiretrovirals increase the risk of end-stage liver disease? Signals from patients starting therapy in the North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2022 02; 31(2):214-224.

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Lindly OJ, Shui AM, Stotts NM, Kuhlthau KA. Caregiver strain among North American parents of children from the Autism Treatment Network Registry Call-Back Study. Autism. 2022 08; 26(6):1460-1476.

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Kim HN, Newcomb CW, Carbonari DM, Roy JA, Torgersen J, Althoff KN, Kitahata MM, Reddy KR, Lim JK, Silverberg MJ, Mayor AM, Horberg MA, Cachay ER, Kirk GD, Sun J, Hull M, Gill MJ, Sterling TR, Kostman JR, Peters MG, Moore RD, Klein MB, Lo Re V. Risk of HCC With Hepatitis B Viremia Among HIV/HBV-Coinfected Persons in North America. Hepatology. 2021 09; 74(3):1190-1202.

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Coburn SB, Shiels MS, Silverberg MJ, Horberg MA, Gill MJ, Brown TT, Visvanathan K, Connor AE, Napravnik S, Marcus JL, Moore RD, Mathews WC, Mayor AM, Sterling TR, Li J, Rabkin CS, D'Souza G, Lau B, Althoff KN. Secular Trends in Breast Cancer Risk Among Women With HIV Initiating ART in North America. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 05 01; 87(1):663-670.

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Lindly OJ, Chan J, Fenning RM, Farmer JG, Neumeyer AM, Wang P, Swanson M, Parker RA, Kuhlthau KA. Vision care among school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder in North America: Findings from the Autism Treatment Network Registry Call-Back Study. Autism. 2021 04; 25(3):840-853.

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Rakic N, Sood A, Dalela D, Arora S, Malovana U, Keeley J, Rogers C, Peabody J, Menon M, Abdollah F. A Nationwide Persistent Underutilization of Adjuvant Radiotherapy in North American Prostate Cancer Patients. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2020 12; 18(6):489-499.e6.

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Harris CM, Khaliq W, Albaeni A, Norris KC. The influence of race in older adults with infective endocarditis. BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Feb 17; 20(1):146.

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