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Abstract
Socially constructed groups of people who differ in race, color or national, religious, or cultural origin from the dominant group and is often the majority population of the country in which they live. Ethnic minority groups generally share a common sense of identity and common characteristics such as language, religion, tribe, nationality, race, or a combination thereof.
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- BIPOC
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
- Ethnic Minorities
- People of Color
- Racial Minorities
- Ethnic Minority
- Minorities, Ethnic
- Minorities, Racial
- Minority, Ethnic
- Minority, Racial
- Racial Minority
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Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.
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coordinate with specific ethnic group or racial group if pertinent; for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
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2022
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- National Library of Medicine. Ethnic and Racial Minorities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000091762. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000091762
- Ethnic and Racial Minorities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112224721