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Abstract
All of Africa except Northern Africa (AFRICA, NORTHERN) including ANGOLA; BENIN; BOTSWANA; BURKINA FASO; CABO VERDE; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHAD; CONGO; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DJIBOUTI; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; ERITREA; ESWATINI; ETHIOPIA; GABON; GAMBIA; GHANA; GUINEA; GUINEA-BISSAU; KENYA; LESOTHO; LIBERIA; MALAWI; MALI; MAURITANIA; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; NIGER; NIGERIA; RWANDA; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; SENEGAL; SIERRA LEONE; SOMALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH SUDAN; SUDAN; TANZANIA; TOGO; UGANDA; ZAMBIA; and ZIMBABWE.
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- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Subsaharan Africa
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2 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.
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Indexing Annotation
all of Africa except Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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1994
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Africa South of the Sahara. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017954. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017954
- Africa South of the Sahara. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa
- Africa South of the Sahara. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132959