"Bhutan" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A kingdom in the eastern Himalayas on the northeast border of India, bounded on the north by Tibet, on the east by Assam, on the south by Assam and West Bengal, and on the west by Sikkim and Tibet. From 1720 to 1970 it was under Chinese or Indian domination. In 1971 it became a member of the United Nations. The name comes from the Sanskrit bhota, the name for Tibet, + anta, end, with reference to its location at the southern extremity of Tibet. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p144 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p64)
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D001631
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Z01.252.245.162
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bhutan" by people in Profiles.
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Control of travel-related COVID-19 in Bhutan. J Travel Med. 2021 Oct 11; 28(7).
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Bhutan: small nation, big ideas affecting respiratory health. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 07; 9(7):e67-e68.
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Employing medical anthropology approach as an additional public health strategy in promoting COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Bhutan. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2021 Sep; 36(5):1943-1946.
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Bhutan's experience with COVID-19 vaccination in 2021. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 05; 6(5).
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Challenges and Response to the Second Major Local Outbreak of COVID-19 in Bhutan. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2021 11; 33(8):953-955.
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COVID-19 Response and Lessons Learned on Dengue Control in Bhutan. J Med Entomol. 2021 03 12; 58(2):502-504.
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Has COVID19 derailed Bhutan's national malaria elimination goal? A commentary. Malar J. 2021 Jan 06; 20(1):20.
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The Gross National Happiness Framework and the Health System Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bhutan. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Dec 22; 104(2):441-445.
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Limited Secondary Transmission of the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) by Asymptomatic and Mild COVID-19 Patients in Bhutan. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Dec 10; 104(2):490-495.
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COVID-19 and Immigrant Essential Workers: Bhutanese and Burmese Refugees in the United States. Public Health Rep. 2021 Jan/Feb; 136(1):117-123.