 Dominica
"Dominica" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An island republic of the West Indies. Its capital is Roseau. It was discovered in 1493 by Columbus and held at different times by the French and the British in the 18th century. A member of the West Indies Federation, it achieved internal self-government in 1967 but became independent in 1978. It was named by Columbus who discovered it on Sunday, Domingo in Spanish, from the Latin Dominica dies, the Lord's Day. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p338 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p151)
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D019424
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Z01.107.084.900.262 Z01.639.880.262
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Hudson MA, Young RP, D'Urban Jackson J, Orozco-terWengel P, Martin L, James A, Sulton M, Garcia G, Griffiths RA, Thomas R, Magin C, Bruford MW, Cunningham AA. Dynamics and genetics of a disease-driven species decline to near extinction: lessons for conservation. Sci Rep. 2016 08 03; 6:30772.
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Green R, Santoro NF, McGinn AP, Wildman RP, Derby CA, Polotsky AJ, Weiss G. The relationship between psychosocial status, acculturation and country of origin in mid-life Hispanic women: data from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Climacteric. 2010 Dec; 13(6):534-43.
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