Geographicals

Western Asia

The geographical designation for the countries of the MIDDLE EAST and the countries BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; INDIA; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; and SRI LANKA. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, 1993 & Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988)

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The geographical designation for the countries of the MIDDLE EAST and the countries BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; INDIA; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; and SRI LANKA. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, 1993 & Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988)

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  • Asia, Western

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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a geog area; prefer specific countries; MIDDLE EAST is also available

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  1. Z01w.252w.245w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Western Asia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001211. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001211
  2. Western Asia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Asia
  3. Western Asia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27293