Pacific Islands [Tichomořské ostrovy]

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Mikronésie a Polynésie
Pacifické ostrovy

 

Micronesia-Polynesia
Pacific Island

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Definition

The islands of the Pacific Ocean divided into MICRONESIA; MELANESIA; and POLYNESIA (including NEW ZEALAND). The collective name Oceania includes the aforenamed islands, adding AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; and the Malay Archipelago (INDONESIA). (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p910, 880)

Annotation
includes MELANESIA; MICRONESIA & POLYNESIA: see notes under each & indentions in trees
DUI
D010139 MeSH Browser
CUI
M0015733
History note
78; was SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS 1967-77
Online note
use PACIFIC ISLANDS to search SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS 1967-77

Allowable subheadings

EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology

Z Geographicals
Z01 Geographic Locations 3
Z01.639 Islands 44
Z01.639.040 Atlantic Islands 3
Z01.639.100 Australia 369
Z01.639.160 Borneo 15
Z01.639.400 Greenland 14
Z01.639.490 Iceland 44
Z01.639.520 Indian Ocean Islands 5
Z01.639.580 Indonesia 81
Z01.639.587 Ireland 100
Z01.639.595 Japan 345
Z01.639.610 Macau 1
Z01.639.640 Mediterranean Islands 1
Z01.639.760 Pacific Islands 9
Z01.639.760.295 Kiribati
Z01.639.760.590 Melanesia 3
Z01.639.760.680 Micronesia
Z01.639.760.747 New Zealand 102
Z01.639.760.815 Polynesia 5
Z01.639.790 Philippines 28
Z01.639.820 Prince Edward Island 1
Z01.639.835 Svalbard 15
Z01.639.850 Taiwan 51
Z01.639.880 West Indies 6
Z01.678 Oceania 6
Z01.678.100 Australasia 7
Z01.678.100.373 Australia 369
Z01.678.100.747 New Zealand 102
Z01.678.100.873 Pacific Islands 9

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