"South 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.
The southern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending southward from the Colombia-Panama border.
| Descriptor ID |
D013020
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.757
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| Concept/Terms |
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "South America" by people in Profiles.
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Continent-wide decoupling of Y-chromosomal genetic variation from language and geography in native South Americans. PLoS Genet. 2013 Apr; 9(4):e1003460.
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Loci from a genome-wide analysis of bilirubin levels are associated with gallstone risk and composition. Gastroenterology. 2010 Dec; 139(6):1942-1951.e2.
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