Bahamas
"Bahamas" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A chain of islands, cays, and reefs in the West Indies, lying southeast of Florida and north of Cuba. It is an independent state, called also the Commonwealth of the Bahamas or the Bahama Islands. The name likely represents the local name Guanahani, itself of uncertain origin. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p106 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p45)
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D001444
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.084.900.100 Z01.639.880.100
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bahamas" by people in Profiles.
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Lencer E, McCune AR. Differences in Cell Proliferation and Craniofacial Phenotype of Closely Related Species in the Pupfish Genus Cyprinodon. J Hered. 2020 04 02; 111(2):237-247.
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Nelson BD, Ahn R, Markovchick V, Hines RA, Lauretti AR, Lauretti JR, Dahl-Regis M, Burke TF. Emergency care and referral among isolated island populations in the Bahamas. J Emerg Med. 2015 Mar; 48(3):356-65.
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Glor RE, Laport RG. Are subspecies of Anolis lizards that differ in dewlap color and pattern also genetically distinct? A mitochondrial analysis. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2012 Aug; 64(2):255-60.