Asian
Also known asAsians · Asian Americans · Americans, Asian · Asian American · Chinese Americans · Americans, Chinese · Chinese American · Japanese Americans · Americans, Japanese · Japanese American · Korean Americans · American, Korean
Definition
A person having origins in any of the original peoples 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 (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 Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.
MeSH classification
- M01.270.906.375
- M01.686.330.250
- M01.686.477.625.594.563
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Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
Members of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander community.
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands (https://www.federalregister.gov/doc…
Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D001213) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗