Netherlands Antilles
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Intergenerational family solidarity: value differences between immigrant groups and generations.

30 May 2009 Although immigrants may be more dependent on their immediate family for support, they may also experience a wider generation-gap in values regarding intergenerational solidarity, because of processes of acculturation. Based on large scale survey ... Read more...

Blood pressure and lifestyle on Saba, Netherlands Antilles.

29 Apr 2009 During the 20th century, infectious disease morbidity and mortality generally waned whereas chronic degenerative diseases posed a growing burden at the global level. The population on Saba, Netherlands Antilles has recently experienced such an ... Read more...

Classroom climate and students' goal preferences: a cross-cultural comparison.

30 Mar 2009 Goal preferences indicate intentions to achieve or avoid particular states. We examined whether Curacaoan and Dutch students differ in goal preferences related to school and whether goal preferences are associated with students' evaluation of the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Netherlands Antilles'

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• Intergenerational family solidarity: value differences between immigrant groups and generations. 30 May 2009
• Blood pressure and lifestyle on Saba, Netherlands Antilles. 29 Apr 2009
• Classroom climate and students' goal preferences: a cross-cultural comparison. 30 Mar 2009
• Tri-allelic SNP markers enable analysis of mixed and degraded DNA samples. 7 Mar 2009
• Higher de novo synthesized fatty acids and lower omega3- and omega6-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in umbilical vessels of women with preeclampsia and high fish intakes. 2 Feb 2009
• The influence of the cultural climate of the training environment on physicians' self-perception of competence and preparedness for practice. 19 Nov 2008
• Negotiating safe sex among women of Afro-Surinamese and Dutch Antillean descent in the Netherlands. 30 Oct 2008
• Uma Tori! Evaluation of an STI/HIV-prevention intervention for Afro-Caribbean women in the Netherlands. 21 Oct 2008
• Managing dive tourism for the sustainable use of coral reefs: validating diver perceptions of attractive site features. 21 Sep 2008
• The epidemiology of burns in a medical center in the Caribbean. 8 Sep 2008
• Being and feeling like a woman: respectability, responsibility, desirability and safe sex among women of Afro-Surinamese and Dutch Antillean descent in the Netherlands. 30 Jul 2008
• Migrants travelling to their country of origin: a bridge population for HIV transmission? 22 Jul 2008
• The role of dopamine D3, 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptor variants as pharmacogenetic determinants in tardive dyskinesia in African-Caribbean patients under chronic antipsychotic treatment: Curacao extrapyramidal syndromes study IX. 16 Jun 2008
• Cannabis use and genetic predisposition for schizophrenia: a case-control study. 17 May 2008
• The safety and efficacy of a paclitaxel-eluting wrap for preventing peripheral bypass graft stenosis: a 2-year controlled randomized prospective clinical study. 2 Mar 2008
• [Good results of early medicinal pregnancy termination in a general practice on Curaçao] 28 Feb 2008
• Surgery for body packing in the Caribbean: a retrospective study of 70 patients. 30 Jan 2008
• Implementation of a competency-based residency curriculum: experiences from a resource-limited environment in the Caribbean. 30 Dec 2007
• Infra-inguinal arterial reconstruction for peripheral arterial disease: the Curaçao experience. 29 Sep 2007
• Tsukamurella spongiae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a deep-water marine sponge. 29 Jun 2007

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Technical information about 'Netherlands Antilles'

Definition: A Netherlands overseas territory in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. It includes the islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, St. Eustatius, and the southern part of St. Martin. Its capital is Willemstad. Its former names are Curacao, Netherlands West Indies, and Dutch West Indies. Its colonial status was abolished by the Netherlands government in 1954 but it is considered an integral part of the Dutch realm. There is no positive evidence for the name Antilles. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, 1993 & Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p823)

Descriptor UI: D009427

Alternative terms: Netherlands Antilles;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.107.084.900.645;

Technical Notes: a Netherlands overseas territory in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies