Geographicals

North America

The northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending northward from the Colombia-Panama border and including CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, Caribbean area, the UNITED STATES, CANADA and GREENLAND. The term often refers more narrowly to MEXICO, continental UNITED STATES, AND CANADA.

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The northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending northward from the Colombia-Panama border and including CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, Caribbean area, the UNITED STATES, CANADA and GREENLAND. The term often refers more narrowly to MEXICO, continental UNITED STATES, AND CANADA.

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  • Northern America

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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  1. Z01w.107w.567w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. North America. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009656. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009656
  2. North America. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America
  3. North America. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49