"Dominican Republic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A republic in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is Santo Domingo. With Haiti, it forms the island of Hispaniola - the Dominican Republic occupying the eastern two thirds, and Haiti, the western third. It was created in 1844 after a revolt against the rule of President Boyer over the entire island of Hispaniola, itself visited by Columbus in 1492 and settled the next year. Except for a brief period of annexation to Spain (1861-65), it has been independent, though closely associated with the United States. Its name comes from the Spanish Santo Domingo, Holy Sunday, with reference to its discovery on a Sunday. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p338, 506 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p151)
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D004293
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.084.900.300 Z01.639.880.300
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dominican Republic" by people in Profiles.
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Golding J, Wacks J. Subacute polyarticular arthralgias · swelling of the ankles and right knee · recent travel to the Dominican Republic · Dx? J Fam Pract. 2019 04; 68(3):171;172;174.
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Tamez M, Ríos-Bedoya CF, Rodríguez-Orengo JF, Tucker KL, Mattei J. Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Factors, and Health Conditions of Dominican Adults Living in Puerto Rico. J Immigr Minor Health. 2018 Oct; 20(5):1085-1093.
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Szegda K, Bertone-Johnson ER, Pekow P, Powers S, Markenson G, Dole N, Chasan-Taber L. Depression During Pregnancy and Adverse Birth Outcomes Among Predominantly Puerto Rican Women. Matern Child Health J. 2017 04; 21(4):942-952.
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Loh LC, Valdman O, Dacso MM. Coalicion de Salud Comunitaria (COSACO): using a Healthy Community Partnership framework to integrate short-term global health experiences into broader community development. Global Health. 2016 05 02; 12(1):15.
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Santoso LF, Erkkinen EE, Deb A, Adon C. HIV-associated dementia in the Dominican Republic: a consequence of stigma, domestic abuse and limited health literacy. BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Apr 20; 2016.
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Ferrara BJ, Townsley E, MacKay CR, Lin HC, Loh LC. Short-term global health education programs abroad: disease patterns observed in Haitian migrant worker communities around La Romana, Dominican Republic. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Nov; 91(5):871-5.
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Chasan-Taber L, Silveira M, Pekow P, Braun B, Manson JE, Solomon CG, Markenson G. Physical activity, sedentary behavior and risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Hispanic women. Hypertens Pregnancy. 2015 Feb; 34(1):1-16.
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Azeredo TB, Luiza VL, Oliveira MA, Emmerick IC, Bigdeli M. Stakeholders' perspectives on access-to-medicines policy and research priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean: face-to-face and web-based interviews. Health Res Policy Syst. 2014 Jun 25; 12:31.
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Ertel KA, Silveira M, Pekow P, Braun B, Manson JE, Solomon CG, Markenson G, Chasan-Taber L. Prenatal depressive symptoms and abnormalities of glucose tolerance during pregnancy among Hispanic women. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2014 Feb; 17(1):65-72.
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Tovar A, Chasan-Taber L, Bermudez OI, Hyatt RR, Must A. Acculturation and gestational weight gain in a predominantly Puerto Rican population. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2012 Nov 21; 12:133.