"Guam" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An island in Micronesia, east of the Philippines, the largest and southernmost of the Marianas. Its capital is Agana. It was discovered by Magellan in 1521 and occupied by Spain in 1565. They ceded it to the United States in 1898. It is an unincorporated territory of the United States, administered by the Department of the Interior since 1950. The derivation of the name Guam is in dispute. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p471)
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D006141
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.639.760.680.435
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Guam" by people in Profiles.
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Dalisay F, Okamoto SK, Teneza J, Dalton C, Lizama K, Pokhrel P, Kawabata Y. Types of Offers of Combustible Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, and Betel Nut Experienced by Guam Youths. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 09 26; 20(19).
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Dalisay F, Pokhrel P, Santos J, Mori E, Kawabata Y, Beltran Z, Ooka G, Okamoto SK. Guam Adolescents' Use of Strategies to Resist Cigarette, e-Cigarette, and Betel Nut Offers: Findings from a Focus Group Study. Subst Use Misuse. 2023; 58(12):1580-1586.
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Leon Guerrero RT, Mummert AG, Rios DC, Mian NC, Cruz TP, Siriwardhana C, Yanagihara R. Perceived Barriers and Benefits of COVID-19 Testing among Pacific Islanders on Guam. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 07 05; 20(13).
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Gopalani SV, Soman A, Shapiro JA, Miller JW, Ortiz-Ortiz KJ, Casta?eda-Avila MA, Buenconsejo-Lum LE, Fredericks LE, Tortolero-Luna G, Saraiya M. Breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening test use in the US territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Cancer Epidemiol. 2023 06; 84:102371.
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Aflague TF, Esquivel MK, Hammond K, Delos Reyes B, Kaholokula JK. Traditional and new lifestyle interventions to prevent breast cancer recurrence (TANICA): a qualitative study. Support Care Cancer. 2023 Mar 17; 31(4):218.
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Taafaki MR, Brown AC, Cassel KD, Chen JJ, Lim E, Paulino YC. Knowledge and Attitudes of Guam Residents towards Cancer Clinical Trial Participation. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 29; 19(23).
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Raidoo S, Kaneshiro B, Stowers P. Guam: The US territory where America's day begins but abortion access is still in the dark. Contraception. 2021 07; 104(1):33-35.
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Hernandez BY, Zhu X, Sotto P, Paulino Y. Oral exposure to environmental cyanobacteria toxins: Implications for cancer risk. Environ Int. 2021 03; 148:106381.
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Leon Guerrero RT, Barber LR, Aflague TF, Paulino YC, Hattori-Uchima MP, Acosta M, Wilkens LR, Novotny R. Prevalence and Predictors of Overweight and Obesity among Young Children in the Children's Healthy Living Study on Guam. Nutrients. 2020 Aug 20; 12(9).
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Badowski G, Simsiman B, Bordallo R, Green M, Shvetsov YB, Wilkens LR, Novotny R, Leon Guerrero RT. Cumulative Incidence Rates of Breast Cancer by Age for Filipinos and Chamorros in Guam. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2020 06 01; 79(6 Suppl 2):40-44.