Geographicals

Southern Africa

The geographical area of Africa comprising ANGOLA; BOTSWANA; LESOTHO; MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND; ZAMBIA; and ZIMBABWE.

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Abstract

The geographical area of Africa comprising ANGOLA; BOTSWANA; LESOTHO; MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND; ZAMBIA; and ZIMBABWE.

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  • Africa, Southern

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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; do not confuse with SOUTH AFRICA ( = Union of South Africa 1910-60)

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  1. Z01w.058w.290w.175w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Southern Africa. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000353. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000353
  2. Southern Africa. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Africa
  3. Southern Africa. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27394