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

Preferred term

White People  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Person, White
  • White Person
  • White Persons

Note

  • specify geographic location if relevant; for the United States populations WHITE is available

Scope note

  • Persons having origins in any of the white racial groups of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. Note that OMB category WHITE 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Race and ethnicity terms, as used in the federal government, are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.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 CAUCASIAN RACE 1963-1977, WHITES 1978-2003, CAUCASOID RACE 1978-2003, EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP 2004-2021, WHITES 2022

In other languages

  • valkoiset

    Finnish

  • kaukasidit
  • valkoinen
  • Europas urbefolkning

    Swedish

  • Europas ursprungsbefolkning
  • Kaukasik ras

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D044465

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