Geographicals

Historical Geographic Locations

Countries known in remote history (as BYZANTIUM) or former names of countries reflecting political changes in the 19th or 20th century (as GERMANY, EAST).

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Abstract

Countries known in remote history (as BYZANTIUM) or former names of countries reflecting political changes in the 19th or 20th century (as GERMANY, EAST).

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Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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Indexing Annotation

used for searching; INDEXER: Do not use; CATALOGER: Do not use

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History Note

98; use explode 1993-97

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Previous Indexing

  • specific geographic location (1966-1997)

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  1. Z01w.586

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Historical Geographic Locations. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017516. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017516
  2. Historical Geographic Locations. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52551684