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Persons > Health Disparate Minority and Vulnerable Populations > Black or African American
Persons > Population Groups > Black People > Black or African American
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > Black People > Black or African American
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > Black People > Black or African American
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > Black People > Black or African American
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Demography > Population Groups > Black People > Black or African American
... > Persons > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > Black or African American
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > Black or African American
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > Black or African American
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > Black or African American
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Demography > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Racial Groups > Black or African American

Preferred term

Black or African American  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • African Americans
  • American, Black
  • Black American
  • Black Americans
  • Negroes

Note

  • use only for the United States population groups. BLACK PEOPLE is also available

Scope note

  • A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of 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(2004); for BLACKS use BLACK PEOPLE 2004-2022

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001741

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