South America

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The southern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending southward from the Colombia-Panama border.

Descriptor ID	D013020
MeSH Number(s)	Z01.107.757
Concept/Terms	South America South America

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Geographicals [Z]
Geographic Locations [Z01]
Americas [Z01.107]
South America [Z01.107.757]

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	1
2002	1	1
2004	1	1
2005	1	1
2008	1	1
2010	1	1
2011	2	2
2013	2	2
2015	3	3

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Verstappen SM, Askling J, Berglind N, Franzen S, Frisell T, Garwood C, Greenberg JD, Holmqvist M, Horne L, Lampl K, Michaud K, Nyberg F, Pappas DA, Reed G, Symmons DP, Tanaka E, Tran TN, Yamanaka H, Ho M. Methodological Challenges When Comparing Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of International Observational Registries. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015 Dec; 67(12):1637-45.

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Cruickshanks KJ, Dhar S, Dinces E, Fifer RC, Gonzalez F, Heiss G, Hoffman HJ, Lee DJ, Newhoff M, Tocci L, Torre P, Tweed TS. Hearing Impairment Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Jul; 141(7):641-8.

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Nicholls EG, Arango-Lasprilla JC, Olivera Plaza SL, Mendez N, Quintero L, Velasco Trujillo DM, Daly BP. Psychological Functioning in Youth With Spina Bifida Living in Colombia, South America. J Pediatr Psychol. 2015 Jul; 40(6):602-8.

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Zhang H, Goodman SG, Steg GP, Budaj A, Lopez-Sendon J, Dorian P, Huynh T, Mangat I, Wong GC, Spencer FA, Yan AT. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of acute coronary syndrome patients with left anterior hemiblock. Heart. 2014 Sep 15; 100(18):1456-61.

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Bucheli ME, Calder?n A, Chicaiza D, Franco C, L?pez R, Digga E, Atassi N, Salameh J, Berry JD. Feedback interaction of research, advocacy, and clinical care applied to ALS research in South America. Neurology. 2013 Nov 26; 81(22):1959-61.

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Li Q, Goodman SG, Yan RT, Gore JM, Polasek P, Lai K, Baer C, Goldberg RJ, Pinter A, Ahmad K, Kornder JM, Yan AT. Pre-hospital cardiac arrest in acute coronary syndromes: insights from the global registry of acute coronary events and the canadian registry of acute coronary events. Cardiology. 2013; 126(1):27-34.

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Awad HH, McManus DD, Anderson FA, Gore JM, Goldberg RJ. Young patients hospitalized with an acute coronary syndrome. Coron Artery Dis. 2013 Jan; 24(1):54-60.

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Ortega F, Counter SA, Buchanan LH, Parra AM, Collaguaso MA, Jacobs AB. Tracking blood lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels in Andean adults working in a lead contaminated environment. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2013; 76(19):1111-20.

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Rodriguez F, Hicks LS, L?pez L. Association of acculturation and country of origin with self-reported hypertension and diabetes in a heterogeneous Hispanic population. BMC Public Health. 2012 Sep 11; 12:768.

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Gurm HS, Gore JM, Anderson FA, Wyman A, Fox KA, Steg PG, Eagle KA. Comparison of acute coronary syndrome in patients receiving versus not receiving chronic dialysis (from the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events [GRACE] Registry). Am J Cardiol. 2012 Jan 01; 109(1):19-25.

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