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Ethnic and Racial Minorities  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Ethnic Minorities
  • Ethnic Minority
  • Minorities, Ethnic
  • Minorities, Racial
  • Minority, Ethnic
  • Minority, Racial
  • Racial Minorities
  • Racial Minority

Note

  • coordinate with specific ethnic group or racial group if pertinent; for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

Scope note

  • Socially constructed groups of people who differ in race, color or national, religious, or cultural origin from the dominant group and is often the majority population of the country in which they live. Ethnic minority groups generally share a common sense of identity and common characteristics such as language, religion, tribe, nationality, race, or a combination thereof.

History note

  • 2022

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000091762

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