Preferred Label : Asian;
MeSH definition : Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the original peoples
of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent.; 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include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in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 synonym : asian american; americans, asian; Asians; Asian Americans;
CISMeF synonym : american, asian; american, chinese; american, japanese; asian americans;
DeCS synonym : Filipino Americans; Asian Indian Americans; Cambodian Americans; Vietnamese Americans; Hmong Americans;
MeSH hyponym : japanese americans; korean americans; chinese americans; Americans, Japanese; Japanese American; Americans, Chinese; Chinese American; American, Vietnamese; Americans, Vietnamese; Vietnamese American; Asian Indian American; Indian American, Asian; American, Cambodian; Americans, Cambodian; Cambodian American; Americans, Hmong; Hmong American; American, Korean; Americans, Korean; Korean American; Americans, Filipino; Filipino American;
MeSH annotation : Asian includes Far East, Southeast Asia, & the Indian subcontinent; despite X refs
specify CHINA /ethnol, JAPAN /ethnol, KOREA/ethnol, or other Asiatic country with
/ethnol (all NIM) when pertinent; despite entry terms, specify CHINA /ethnol, JAPAN /ethnol, KOREA /ethnol, or other
Asian country with /ethnol when pertinent;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian Americans;
Origin ID : D001213;
UMLS CUI : C0003988;
Allowable qualifiers
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- MedlinePlus topic(s)
- Record concept(s)
- See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the original peoples
of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent.
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.
