Named Groups

East Asian People

Persons native to or inhabitants of EAST ASIA including CHINA; HONG KONG; JAPAN; KOREA; MACAO; MONGOLIA; and TAIWAN.

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Abstract

Persons native to or inhabitants of EAST ASIA including CHINA; HONG KONG; JAPAN; KOREA; MACAO; MONGOLIA; and TAIWAN.

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Synonyms

16 entry terms
  • East Asians
  • Eastern Asian People
  • Eastern Asians
  • Far East Asians
  • Asian People, East
  • Asian People, Eastern
  • Asian, East
  • Asian, Eastern
  • Asian, Far East
  • East Asian
  • East Asian Peoples
  • Eastern Asian
  • Eastern Asian Peoples
  • Far East Asian
  • People, East Asian
  • People, Eastern Asian

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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; for CHINESE use ASIANS 1981-2022, for JAPANESE use ASIANS 2004-2022; for KOREANS use ASIANS 2004-2022

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. East Asian People. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000095225. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000095225
  2. East Asian People. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_East_Asia
  3. East Asian People. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26764649