Nova Scotia
"Nova Scotia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A province of eastern Canada, one of the Maritime Provinces with NEW BRUNSWICK; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; and sometimes NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR. Its capital is Halifax. The territory was granted in 1621 by James I to the Scotsman Sir William Alexander and was called Nova Scotia, the Latin for New Scotland. The territory had earlier belonged to the French, under the name of Acadia. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p871 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p384)
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D009674
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.567.176.589
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nova Scotia" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Erdogan M, Kureshi N, Karim SA, Tallon JM, Asbridge M, Green RS. Retrospective analysis of alcohol testing in trauma team activation patients at a Canadian tertiary trauma centre. BMJ Open. 2018 11 13; 8(11):e024190.