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Persons > Population Groups > Asian People > Asian
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Demography > Population Groups > Asian People > Asian
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > Asian People > Asian
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > Asian People > Asian
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > Asian People > Asian
... > Persons > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > Asian
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Demography > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > Asian
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > Asian
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > Asian
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > Asian
Persons > Health Disparate Minority and Vulnerable Populations > Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander > Asian

Preferred term

Asian  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Americans, Asian
  • Asian American
  • Asian Americans

Note

  • despite entry terms, specify CHINA /ethnol, JAPAN /ethnol, KOREA /ethnol, or other Asian country with /ethnol when pertinent

Scope note

  • A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam (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 ASIAN AMERICANS 1981-2022

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001213

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