Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Human Migration

Dispersion or dislocation of people from their country of origin, either voluntarily or involuntarily.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Dispersion or dislocation of people from their country of origin, either voluntarily or involuntarily.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Human Migrations
  • Migration, Human
  • Migrations, Human
  • Diaspora
  • Diasporas

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, history, legislation & jurisprudence, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

migration of ancient populations goes here; ANIMAL MIGRATION is available for animals

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History Note

2013

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Previous Indexing

  • Emigration and Immigration (1972-2012)

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  1. I01w.240w.600w.525w
  2. N01.224w.625w.525w
  3. N06.850w.505.400w.700w.525w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Human Migration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D063426. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D063426
  2. Human Migration. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_migration
  3. Human Migration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177626