Asia

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The largest of the continents. It was known to the Romans more specifically as what we know today as Asia Minor. The name comes from at least two possible sources: from the Assyrian asu (to rise) or from the Sanskrit usa (dawn), both with reference to its being the land of the rising sun, i.e., eastern as opposed to Europe, to the west. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p82 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p34)

Descriptor ID	D001208
MeSH Number(s)	Z01.252
Concept/Terms	Asia Asia Southern Asia Southern Asia

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Geographicals [Z]
Geographic Locations [Z01]
Asia [Z01.252]

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Bar chart showing 79 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2016 and 2018 and 2019

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
1997	1	1
1999	2	2
2001	1	1
2002	1	1
2003	1	1
2004	5	5
2006	5	5
2008	1	1
2009	2	2
2010	3	3
2011	1	1
2013	1	1
2014	5	5
2015	4	4
2016	7	7
2017	4	4
2018	7	7
2019	7	7
2020	6	6
2021	5	5
2022	1	1
2023	3	3
2024	4	4
2025	2	2

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Cuenza L, Honda S, Fong KY, Sawano M, Cader FA, Surunchupakorn P, Widodo WA, Dalakoti M, Kang J, Chimura M, Al-Omary M, Lee ZV, Sari NY, Suesat T, Ahmad T, Magno JD, Tan CT, Tiksnadi BB, Hewarathna U, Habib F, Lee DPH, Yap J. Variations in management strategies for stable coronary artery disease in the Asia-Pacific region: Insights from a multinational survey. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2025 May 22; 54(5):283-295.

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Kazmi SZ, Shin A, Abe SK, Islam MR, Rahman MS, Saito E, Cho S, Katagiri R, Merritt MA, Choi JY, Shu XO, Sawada N, Tamakoshi A, Sakata R, Hozawa A, Kanemura S, Kim J, Sugawara Y, Park SK, Cai H, Tsugane S, Kimura T, Ahsan H, Boffetta P, Chia KS, Matsuo K, Qiao YL, Rothman N, Zheng W, Inoue M, Kang D. Reproductive and Hormonal Factors and Thyroid Cancer Risk: Pooled Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies in the Asia Cohort Consortium. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2025 Apr 01; 18(4):209-221.

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Merritt MA, Abe SK, Islam MR, Rahman MS, Saito E, Katagiri R, Shin A, Choi JY, Le Marchand L, Killeen JL, Gao YT, Tamakoshi A, Koh WP, Sakata R, Sawada N, Tsuji I, Sugawara Y, Kim J, Park SK, Kweon SS, Shu XO, Kimura T, Yuan JM, Tsugane S, Kanemura S, Lu Y, Shin MH, Wen W, Ahsan H, Boffetta P, Chia KS, Matsuo K, Qiao YL, Rothman N, Zheng W, Inoue M, Kang D. Reproductive factors and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: results from the Asia Cohort Consortium. Br J Cancer. 2025 Mar; 132(4):361-370.

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Abe SK, Nishio M, Huang HL, Leung CY, Islam MR, Rahman MS, Saito E, Shin A, Merritt MA, Choi JY, Katagiri R, Mohammadi Z, Shu XO, Wakai K, Sawada N, Ideno Y, Tamakoshi A, Seow WJ, Koh WP, Sakata R, Hozawa A, Kim J, Nagata C, Sugawara Y, Park SK, Kweon SS, Azizi F, Malekzadeh R, Moy FM, Pourfarzi F, Gao YT, Kubo Y, Hirabayashi M, Nagai K, Kimura T, Yuan JM, Kanemura S, Wada K, Kang D, Shin MH, Khalili D, Poustchi H, Rezaianzadeh A, Mansour-Ghanaei F, Najafi F, Mohebbi I, Boffetta P, Lee JE, Matsuo K, Rothman N, Qiao YL, Zheng W, Inoue M. Age at menarche by birth cohort: A pooled analysis of half a million women in Asia. Public Health. 2024 Dec; 237:130-134.

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Shin A, Cho S, Abe SK, Islam MR, Rahman MS, Saito E, Kazmi SZ, Katagiri R, Merritt M, Choi JY, Shu XO, Sawada N, Tamakoshi A, Koh WP, Sakata R, Hozawa A, Kim J, Park SK, Kweon SS, Wen W, Tsugane S, Kimura T, Yuan JM, Kanemura S, Sugawara Y, Shin MH, Ahsan H, Boffetta P, Chia KS, Matsuo K, Qiao YL, Rothman N, Zheng W, Inoue M, Kang D. Association of female reproductive and hormonal factors with gallbladder cancer risk in Asia: A pooled analysis of the Asia Cohort Consortium. Int J Cancer. 2024 Jul 15; 155(2):240-250.

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Yin X, Kishida R, Abe SK, Islam MR, Rahman MS, Saito E, Lan Q, Blechter B, Merritt M, Choi JY, Shin A, Katagiri R, Shu XO, Sawada N, Tamakoshi A, Koh WP, Tsuji I, Nagata C, Park SK, Kweon SS, Gao YT, Tsugane S, Kimura T, Yuan JM, Lu Y, Kanemura S, Sugawara Y, Wada K, Shin MH, Ahsan H, Boffetta P, Chia KS, Matsuo K, Qiao YL, Rothman N, Zheng W, Inoue M, Kang D, Seow WJ. Association between reproductive factors with lung cancer incidence and mortality: A pooled analysis of over 308,000 females in the Asia cohort consortium. Int J Cancer. 2024 Jun 15; 154(12):2090-2105.

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Chen TX, Hamachi A, Soon R, Natavio M. Roots, Leaves, and Flowers: A Narrative Review of Herbs and Botanicals Used for Self-Managed Abortion in Asia and the Pacific. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2023 Nov-Dec; 68(6):710-718.

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Grey AC, Lin Q, Low TY, Wu W, Haynes PA, Chung MCM, Chen YJ, Cordwell SJ, Ishihama Y, Xu P, Hoffmann P, Kwon HJ, Poon TCW. 11th Asia Oceania Human Proteome Organization Congress Report. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2023 09; 22(9):100627.

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Kallianpur KJ, Masaki KH, Chen R, Willcox BJ, Allsopp RC, Davy P, Dodge HH. Weak Social Networks in Late Life Predict Incident Alzheimer's Disease: The Kuakini Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023 03 30; 78(4):663-672.

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D?vila Salda?a BJ, John T, Bonifant C, Buchbinder D, Chandra S, Chandrakasan S, Chang W, Chen L, Elfassy HL, Geerlinks AV, Giller RH, Goyal R, Hagin D, Islam S, Mallhi K, Miller HK, Owen W, Pacheco M, Patel NC, Querfeld C, Quigg T, Richard N, Schiff D, Shereck E, Stenger E, Jordan MB, Heslop HE, Bollard CM, Cohen JI. High risk of relapsed disease in patients with NK/T-cell chronic active Epstein-Barr virus disease outside of Asia. Blood Adv. 2022 01 25; 6(2):452-459.

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