Named Groups

South Asian People

People native to or inhabitants of SOUTHERN ASIA including AFGHANISTAN; BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; INDIA; MALDIVES; NEPAL; PAKISTAN and SRI LANKA

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

People native to or inhabitants of SOUTHERN ASIA including AFGHANISTAN; BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; INDIA; MALDIVES; NEPAL; PAKISTAN and SRI LANKA

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Synonyms

20 entry terms
  • Asians, Southern
  • South Asian Person
  • South Asians
  • Southern Asian People
  • Southern Asian Person
  • Southern Asians
  • Asian People, South
  • Asian People, Southern
  • Asian Person, South
  • Asian Person, Southern
  • Asian, South
  • Asian, Southern
  • People, South Asian
  • People, Southern Asian
  • Person, South Asian
  • Person, Southern Asian
  • South Asian Peoples
  • South Asian Persons
  • Southern Asian Peoples
  • Southern Asian Persons

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Aspects Covered

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

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Previous Indexing

  • Asia (1980-2022)

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Tree Number

  1. M01w.686.330w.875w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. South Asian People. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000094853. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000094853
  2. South Asian People. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asians
  3. South Asian People. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100251275