Geographicals

Pacific Islands

The islands of the Pacific Ocean divided into MICRONESIA; MELANESIA; and POLYNESIA (including NEW ZEALAND). The collective name Oceania includes the aforenamed islands, adding AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; and the Malay Archipelago (INDONESIA). (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p910, 880)

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The islands of the Pacific Ocean divided into MICRONESIA; MELANESIA; and POLYNESIA (including NEW ZEALAND). The collective name Oceania includes the aforenamed islands, adding AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; and the Malay Archipelago (INDONESIA). (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p910, 880)

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2 entry terms
  • Pacific Island
  • Micronesia-Polynesia

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2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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Indexing Annotation

includes MELANESIA; MICRONESIA & POLYNESIA: see notes under each & indentions in trees

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History Note

78; was SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS 1967-77

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  1. Z01w.639w.760w
  2. Z01w.678w.100w.873w
  3. Z01w.678w.101w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pacific Islands. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010139. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010139
  2. Pacific Islands. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Islands
  3. Pacific Islands. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844857