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

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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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Althoff KN, Chandran A, Zhang J, Arevalo WM, Gange SJ, Sterling TR, Gill MJ, Justice AC, Palella FJ, Rebeiro PF, Silverberg MJ, Mayor AM, Horberg MA, Thorne JE, Rabkin CS, Mathews WC, Klein MB, Humes E, Lee J, Hogg R, Moore RD. Life-Expectancy Disparities Among Adults With HIV in the United States and Canada: The Impact of a Reduction in Drug- and Alcohol-Related Deaths Using the Lives Saved Simulation Model. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 12 31; 188(12):2097-2109.

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Liphardt SW, Kang HJ, Dizney LJ, Ruedas LA, Cook JA, Yanagihara R. Complex History of Codiversification and Host Switching of a Newfound Soricid-Borne Orthohantavirus in North America. Viruses. 2019 07 11; 11(7).

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Ankerst DP, Straubinger J, Selig K, Guerrios L, De Hoedt A, Hernandez J, Liss MA, Leach RJ, Freedland SJ, Kattan MW, Nam R, Haese A, Montorsi F, Boorjian SA, Cooperberg MR, Poyet C, Vertosick E, Vickers AJ. A Contemporary Prostate Biopsy Risk Calculator Based on Multiple Heterogeneous Cohorts. Eur Urol. 2018 08; 74(2):197-203.

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Elion RA, Althoff KN, Zhang J, Moore RD, Gange SJ, Kitahata MM, Crane HM, Drozd DR, Stein JH, Klein MB, Eron JJ, Silverberg MJ, Mathews WC, Justice AC, Sterling TR, Rabkin CS, Mayor AM, Klein DB, Horberg MA, Bosch RJ, Eyawo O, Palella FJ. Recent Abacavir Use Increases Risk of Type 1 and Type 2 Myocardial Infarctions Among Adults With HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 05 01; 78(1):62-72.

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Ruffner MA, Sullivan KE. Complications Associated with Underweight Primary Immunodeficiency Patients: Prevalence and Associations Within the USIDNET Registry. J Clin Immunol. 2018 04; 38(3):283-293.

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Altekruse SF, Shiels MS, Modur SP, Land SR, Crothers KA, Kitahata MM, Thorne JE, Mathews WC, Fernández-Santos DM, Mayor AM, Gill JM, Horberg MA, Brooks JT, Moore RD, Silverberg MJ, Althoff KN, Engels EA. Cancer burden attributable to cigarette smoking among HIV-infected people in North America. AIDS. 2018 02 20; 32(4):513-521.

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