Geographicals

Geographic Locations

The continents and countries situated on those continents; the UNITED STATES and each of the constituent states arranged by region; CANADA and each of its provinces; AUSTRALIA and each of its states; the major bodies of water and major islands on both hemispheres; and selected major cities.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

The continents and countries situated on those continents; the UNITED STATES and each of the constituent states arranged by region; CANADA and each of its provinces; AUSTRALIA and each of its states; the major bodies of water and major islands on both hemispheres; and selected major cities.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Geographic Location

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Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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Indexing Annotation

used for searching; do not confuse with GEOGRAPHY; INDEXER: Do not use; CATALOGER: Do not use

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History Note

98; use explode 1967-97

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Previous Indexing

  • specific geographic location (1966-1997)

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  1. Z01w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Geographic Locations. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005842. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005842
  2. Geographic Locations. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location
  3. Geographic Locations. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2221906