Geographicals

West Indies

Islands lying between southeastern North America and northern South America, enclosing the Caribbean Sea. They comprise the Greater Antilles (CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HAITI; JAMAICA; and PUERTO RICO), the Lesser Antilles (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and the other Leeward Islands, BARBADOS; MARTINIQUE and the other Windward Islands, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITISH VIRGINI ISLANDS, and the islands north of Venezuela which include TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO), and the BAHAMAS. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1330)

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Islands lying between southeastern North America and northern South America, enclosing the Caribbean Sea. They comprise the Greater Antilles (CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HAITI; JAMAICA; and PUERTO RICO), the Lesser Antilles (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and the other Leeward Islands, BARBADOS; MARTINIQUE and the other Windward Islands, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITISH VIRGINI ISLANDS, and the islands north of Venezuela which include TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO), and the BAHAMAS. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1330)

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  • Caribbean Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Montserrat
  • Turks and Caicos Islands

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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the indentions can be grouped as the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles & the Bahamas: see MeSH definition

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  1. Z01w.107w.084w.900w
  2. Z01w.639w.880w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. West Indies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014900. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014900
  2. West Indies. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies
  3. West Indies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q669037