Geographicals

Northern Africa

The geographical area of Africa comprising ALGERIA; EGYPT; LIBYA; MOROCCO and TUNISIA. It includes also the vast deserts and oases of the Sahara. It is often referred to as North Africa or the Maghreb.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The geographical area of Africa comprising ALGERIA; EGYPT; LIBYA; MOROCCO and TUNISIA. It includes also the vast deserts and oases of the Sahara. It is often referred to as North Africa or the Maghreb.

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5 entry terms
  • Africa, Northern
  • Maghreb
  • Maghrib
  • North Africa
  • Sahara

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2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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Indexing Annotation

a geographic area; prefer specific countries; titles often refer to the Maghreb or Maghrib, the Arabic name for Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia & sometimes Libya collectively: check text for possible specificity, otherwise index under AFRICA, NORTHERN

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  1. Z01w.058w.266w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Northern Africa. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000352. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000352
  2. Northern Africa. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Africa
  3. Northern Africa. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27381