Asian People
Also known asAsian Peoples · People, Asian · Asian Person · Asian Persons · Person, Asian · Mongoloid Race · Mongoloid Races · Race, Mongoloid · Asiatic Race · Asiatic Races · Race, Asiatic · Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Definition
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Race and ethnicity terms, as used in the federal government, are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.
MeSH classification
- M01.686.330
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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D044466) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗