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Abstract
A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race (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 Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.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
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- Hispanic or Latinos
- Cuban Americans
- Hispanic Americans
- Hispanics
- Latin Americans, US
- Latinas
- Latinos
- Latinx
- Puerto Ricans
- Spanish Americans
- American, Hispanic
- American, US Latin
- Cuban American
- Hispanic American
- Latin American, US
- Latina
- Latino
- Puerto Rican
- Spanish American
- US Latin American
- US Latin Americans
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8 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, ethnology, genetics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.
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History Note
2022(1978)
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Previous Indexing
- Ethnic Groups (1968-1977)
- Mexico (1966-1977)
- Puerto Rico (1966-1977)
- United States (1966-1977)
- specific state (1966-1977)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hispanic or Latino. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006630. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006630
- Hispanic or Latino. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans
- Hispanic or Latino. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58669