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Abstract
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Race and ethnicity terms, as used in the federal government, are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.
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Synonyms
12 entry terms
- Asian Person
- Asian Peoples
- Asian Persons
- People, Asian
- Person, Asian
- Asian Continental Ancestry Group
- Asiatic Race
- Mongoloid Race
- Asiatic Races
- Mongoloid Races
- Race, Asiatic
- Race, Mongoloid
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8 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, ethnology, genetics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.
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History Note
2023; use MONGOLOID RACE 1966-2003, ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP 2004-2021, ASIANS 2022
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Asian People. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D044466. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D044466
- Asian People. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_people
- Asian People. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4058325