Named Groups

Asian

A person having origins in any of the original peoples 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 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the-classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A person having origins in any of the original peoples 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 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the-classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.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

31 entry terms
  • Asian Americans
  • Americans, Asian
  • Asian American
  • Asians
  • Asian Indian Americans
  • Cambodian Americans
  • Chinese Americans
  • Filipino Americans
  • Hmong Americans
  • Japanese Americans
  • Korean Americans
  • Vietnamese Americans
  • American, Cambodian
  • American, Korean
  • American, Vietnamese
  • Americans, Cambodian
  • Americans, Chinese
  • Americans, Filipino
  • Americans, Hmong
  • Americans, Japanese
  • Americans, Korean
  • Americans, Vietnamese
  • Asian Indian American
  • Cambodian American
  • Chinese American
  • Filipino American
  • Hmong American
  • Indian American, Asian
  • Japanese American
  • Korean American
  • Vietnamese American

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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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Indexing Annotation

despite entry terms, specify CHINA /ethnol, JAPAN /ethnol, KOREA /ethnol, or other Asian country with /ethnol when pertinent

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History Note

2023; use ASIAN AMERICANS 1981-2022

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Previous Indexing

  • Ethnic Groups (1968-1974)
  • United States (1966-1980)
  • specific Asia heading (1966-1974) /ethnology (1975-1980)
  • specific state (1966-1980)

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  2. M01w.686.330w.250w
  3. M01w.686.477w.625.594.563w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Asian. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001213. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001213
  2. Asian. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Americans
  3. Asian. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727928