Asian Americans

"Asian Americans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent.

Descriptor ID

D001213

MeSH Number(s)

M01.686.508.200.100

M01.686.754.225

Concept/Terms

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Asian Americans".

Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Population Groups [M01.686]
Continental Population Groups [M01.686.508]
Asian Continental Ancestry Group [M01.686.508.200]
Asian Americans [M01.686.508.200.100]
Ethnic Groups [M01.686.754]
Asian Americans [M01.686.754.225]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Asian Americans".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Asian Americans".

publications

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