"Micronesia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The collective name for islands of the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines, including the Mariana, PALAU, Caroline, Marshall, and Kiribati Islands. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p761 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p350)
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D008849
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.639.760.680
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Micronesia" by people in Profiles.
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Oral Cavity Cancer Outcomes in Remote, Betel Nut-Endemic Pacific Islands. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2020 Dec; 129(12):1215-1220.
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Eliciting culturally and medically informative family health histories from Marshallese patients living in the United States. J Genet Couns. 2020 06; 29(3):440-450.
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A Survey of Areca (Betel) Nut Use and Oral Cancer in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2020 04 01; 79(4):112-116.
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The profound oral cavity cancer burden in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: A global health opportunity. Am J Otolaryngol. 2019 Nov - Dec; 40(6):102267.
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New imidazole alkaloids and zinc complexes from the micronesian sponge Leucetta cf. chagosensis. J Nat Prod. 1998 Mar; 61(3):384-6.