"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)
| Descriptor ID |
D008849
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.639.760.680
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Micronesia" by people in Profiles.
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Park JM, Ruess L, O'Connor SC, Hussain F, Oshiro DY, Person DA. Internet consultations from a remote Pacific island: impact of digitized radiologic images on referral decisions. J Digit Imaging. 2004 Dec; 17(4):253-7.