Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: August 28, 2024
Preferred Name

Asian People
Synonyms

Asian Persons

Race, Asiatic

Asiatic Race

People, Asian

Race, Mongoloid

Asiatic Races

Asian Person

Mongoloid Race

Mongoloid Races

Asian Peoples

Asian Continental Ancestry Group

Person, Asian

Definitions

Individuals whose ancestral origins are in the southeastern and eastern areas of the Asian continent. Persons having origins in any of the Asian racial groups 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. Note that OMB category ASIAN is available for United States population groups. Race and ethnicity terms, as used in the federal government, are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies. A major population group distinguished by classification according to physical features. This group centers around the Asian Pacific Ocean.

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D044466

altLabel

Asian Persons

Race, Asiatic

Asiatic Race

People, Asian

Race, Mongoloid

Asiatic Races

Asian Person

Mongoloid Race

Mongoloid Races

Asian Peoples

Asian Continental Ancestry Group

Person, Asian

AQL

CL ED EH GE HI LJ PX SN

cui

C0337892

C1257906

C0078988

DC

1

definition

Individuals whose ancestral origins are in the southeastern and eastern areas of the Asian continent.

Persons having origins in any of the Asian racial groups 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. Note that OMB category ASIAN is available for United States population groups. Race and ethnicity terms, as used in the federal government, are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.

A major population group distinguished by classification according to physical features. This group centers around the Asian Pacific Ocean.

DX

20040101

HN

2023; use MONGOLOID RACE 1966-2003, ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP 2004-2021, ASIANS 2022

Inverse of AQ

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000331

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000266

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000706

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000193

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000145

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000235

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000208

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000523

Machine permutation

2023; see MONGOLOID RACE 1966-2003, ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP 2004-2021, ASIANS 2022

MDA

20030709

MMR

20220714

MN

M01.686.330

notation

D044466

prefLabel

Asian People

TERMUI

T001122355

T026863

T026864

T531328

T001122354

TH

NLM (2004)

NLM (2023)

NLM (1966)

UNK (19XX)

tui

T098

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D044382

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