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Persons > Health Disparate Minority and Vulnerable Populations > Roma

Preferred term

Roma  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Gipsies
  • Gipsy
  • Gypsies
  • Gypsy
  • Romani
  • Romanies
  • Romany

Note

  • use this spelling in translations; specify geographic term

Scope note

  • Ethnic group originating in India and entering Europe in the 14th or 15th century.

History note

  • 2016(1979); use GYPSIES 1991-2015, use ETHNIC GROUPS 1979-1990

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006178

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