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Persons > Population Groups > Black People
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > Black People
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > Black People
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > Black People
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Demography > Population Groups > Black People

Preferred term

Black People  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Black Person
  • Black Persons
  • Person, Black
  • Persons, Black

Note

  • specify geographic location if pertinent. BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN is available for the United States population groups

Scope note

  • Persons having origins in any of the black racial groups of AFRICA. Note that OMB category BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN is available for the United States population groups. Race and ethnicity terms, as used in the federal government, are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.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 AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP 2004-2021, use BLACKS 2022

In other languages

  • mustat

    Finnish

  • Afrikan mantereelta peräisin oleva väestöryhmä
  • musta
  • Afrikas urbefolkning

    Swedish

  • Svarta

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D044383

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