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

Preferred term

Asian People  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Asian Person
  • Asian Persons
  • Person, Asian

Scope note

  • Persons having origins in any of the Asian racial groups 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. Note that OMB category ASIAN is available for 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Race and ethnicity terms, as used in the federal government, are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.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 MONGOLOID RACE 1966-2003, ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP 2004-2021, ASIANS 2022

In other languages

  • aasialaiset

    Finnish

  • aasialainen
  • Asiens urbefolkning

    Swedish

  • Asiens ursprungsbefolkning
  • Burmeser
  • Japaner
  • Kambodjaner
  • Kineser
  • Koreaner
  • Mongoler
  • Vietnameser

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D044466

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