Geographicals

South America

The southern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending southward from the Colombia-Panama border.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The southern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending southward from the Colombia-Panama border.

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Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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Indexing Annotation

each South American country is available as a heading

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Tree Number

  1. Z01w.107w.757w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. South America. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013020. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013020
  2. South America. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America
  3. South America. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18