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Persons > Population Groups > White People > White
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > White People > White
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > White People > White
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > White People > White
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Demography > Population Groups > White People > White
... > Persons > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > White
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > White
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > White
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > White
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Demography > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > White

Preferred term

White  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Whites

Note

  • use only for the United States populations. WHITE PEOPLE is also available

Scope note

  • A person having origins in any of the white racial groups of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.

History note

  • 2023; use CAUCASIAN RACE 1963-1977, WHITES 1978-2003, CAUCASOID RACE 1978-2003, EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP 2004-2021, WHITES 2022

In other languages

  • valkoinen

    Finnish

  • valkoihoinen
  • valkoihoiset
  • valkoiset

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000095223

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