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MeSH Heading: Middle East
Tree Number(s): Z01.252.245.500
Unique ID: D008877
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008877
Scope Note: The region of southwest Asia and northeastern Africa usually considered as extending from Libya on the west to Afghanistan on the east. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988)
Entry Term(s): Gaza Strip; Gaza Strip (Palestine); Near East; West Bank
Previous Indexing: Asia, Western (1966-1981); specific Middle East country (1966-1981)
Online Note: use ASIA, WESTERN to search NEAR EAST 1994-95
History Note: 82; NEAR EAST was see ASIA, WESTERN 1994-95
Date Established: 1982/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/02/24
Revision Date: 2016/12/22

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