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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Caribbean Region
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Región del Caribe
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Região do Caribe
Synonyms
English
:
West Indies Region
Tree Number:
Z01.107.084
Definition
English
:
The area that lies between continental North and
South America
and comprises the Caribbean Sea, the
West Indies
, and the adjacent mainland regions of southern
Mexico
,
Central America
,
Colombia
, and
Venezuela.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
GEN or unspecified for Caribbean Sea, region,
islands
or
population
; do not confuse X ref
WEST INDIES
REGION with
WEST INDIES
or any of its specific
islands
; DF: CARIBBEAN
History Note
English
:
94
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
Record Number:
31579
Unique Identifier:
D017691
Occurrence in VHL
:
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