Preferred Label : puerto rico;
MeSH definition : An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is San Juan. It
is a self-governing commonwealth in union with the United States. It was discovered
by Columbus in 1493 but no colonization was attempted until 1508. It belonged to Spain
until ceded to the United States in 1898. It became a commonwealth with autonomy in
internal affairs in 1952. Columbus named the island San Juan for St. John's Day, the
Monday he arrived, and the bay Puerto Rico, rich harbor. The island became Puerto
Rico officially in 1932. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p987 &
Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p436);
MeSH annotation : an island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies; for Puerto Rico as a geog entity
(as in epidemiol articles) & for Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico; for Puerto Ricans living
in the United States as an ethnic group, coord PUERTO RICO /ethnol (NIM) HISPANIC
AMERICANS (IM); an island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies; for Puerto Rico as a geog entity
(as in epidemiol articles) & for Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico; for Puerto Ricans living
in the United States as an ethnic group, coord PUERTO RICO /ethnol (NIM) HISPANIC
OR LATINO (IM);
Origin ID : D011647;
UMLS CUI : C0034044;
Allowable qualifiers
- Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Record concept(s)
- Semantic type(s)
An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is San Juan. It
is a self-governing commonwealth in union with the United States. It was discovered
by Columbus in 1493 but no colonization was attempted until 1508. It belonged to Spain
until ceded to the United States in 1898. It became a commonwealth with autonomy in
internal affairs in 1952. Columbus named the island San Juan for St. John's Day, the
Monday he arrived, and the bay Puerto Rico, rich harbor. The island became Puerto
Rico officially in 1932. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p987 &
Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p436)
http://www.pasteur-lille.fr/vaccinations-voyages/?pays=Porto%20Rico
2016
false
false
false
France
French
popular works
communicable diseases
travel medicine
puerto rico
---
