Asian Americans

"Asian Americans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent.

Descriptor ID	D001213
MeSH Number(s)	M01.686.508.200.100 M01.686.754.225
Concept/Terms	Asian Americans Asian Americans Americans, Asian Asian American Japanese Americans Japanese Americans Americans, Japanese Japanese American Chinese Americans Chinese Americans Americans, Chinese Chinese American Vietnamese Americans Vietnamese Americans American, Vietnamese Americans, Vietnamese Vietnamese American Asian Indian Americans Asian Indian Americans Asian Indian American Indian American, Asian Cambodian Americans Cambodian Americans American, Cambodian Americans, Cambodian Cambodian American Hmong Americans Hmong Americans Americans, Hmong Hmong American Korean Americans Korean Americans American, Korean Americans, Korean Korean American Filipino Americans Filipino Americans Americans, Filipino Filipino American

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Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Population Groups [M01.686]
Continental Population Groups [M01.686.508]
Asian Continental Ancestry Group [M01.686.508.200]
Asian Americans [M01.686.508.200.100]
Ethnic Groups [M01.686.754]
Asian Americans [M01.686.754.225]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Asian Americans" by people in this website by year, and whether "Asian Americans" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 344 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 29 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1992	1	0	1
1994	1	0	1
1996	2	0	2
1997	1	0	1
1999	1	0	1
2000	1	1	2
2001	2	1	3
2002	4	3	7
2003	4	2	6
2004	8	6	14
2005	13	8	21
2006	6	2	8
2007	6	7	13
2008	8	12	20
2009	6	4	10
2010	8	6	14
2011	15	11	26
2012	8	17	25
2013	18	10	28
2014	13	16	29
2015	13	14	27
2016	8	8	16
2017	10	10	20
2018	13	8	21
2019	6	5	11
2020	3	9	12
2021	3	2	5

Below are the most recent publications written about "Asian Americans" by people in Profiles.

Miller CB, Benny P, Riel J, Boushey C, Perez R, Khadka V, Qin Y, Maunakea AK, Lee MJ. Adherence to Mediterranean diet impacts gastrointestinal microbial diversity throughout pregnancy. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Aug 16; 21(1):558.

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Uchima O, Taira DA, Ahn HJ, Choi SY, Okihiro M, Sentell T. Disparities in Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Visits for Children with Asthma among Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Whites in Hawai'i. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 07 02; 18(13).

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Park SY, Boushey CJ, Shvetsov YB, Wirth MD, Shivappa N, Hébert JR, Haiman CA, Wilkens LR, Le Marchand L. Diet Quality and Risk of Lung Cancer in the Multiethnic Cohort Study. Nutrients. 2021 May 12; 13(5).

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Allen JD, Abuelezam NN, Rose R, Fontenot HB. Factors associated with the intention to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine among a racially/ethnically diverse sample of women in the USA. Transl Behav Med. 2021 04 07; 11(3):785-792.

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Roman YM, Lor K, Xiong T, Culhane-Pera K, Straka RJ. Gout prevalence in the Hmong: a prime example of health disparity and the role of community-based genetic research. Per Med. 2021 05; 18(3):311-327.

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Dai CL, Sharma M, Haider T, Sunchu H. Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Behavior Among Asian Americans: A Thematic Analysis. J Prim Care Community Health. 2021 Jan-Dec; 12:2150132720984776.

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Cassel K, Willingham M, Lee HR, Somera LP, Badowski G, Pagano I. Acculturation and Cancer Risk Behaviors among Pacific Islanders in Hawaii. Ethn Dis. 2020; 30(4):593-602.

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Norris KC, McCreath HE, Hueffer K, Aley SB, Chavira G, Christie CA, Crespi CM, Crespo C, D'Amour G, Eagan K, Echegoyen LE, Feig A, Foroozesh M, Guerrero LR, Johanson K, Kamangar F, Kingsford L, LaCourse W, Maccalla NM, Márquez-Magaña L, Mathur A, Maton K, Mehravaran S, Morales DX, Nakazono T, Ofili E, Okuyemi K, Ott L, Parangan-Smith A, Pfund C, Purnell D, Reynolds A, Rous PJ, Saetermoe C, Snyder K, Vishwanatha JK, Wagler A, Wallace SP, Seeman T. Baseline Characteristics of the 2015-2019 First Year Student Cohorts of the NIH Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Program. Ethn Dis. 2020; 30(4):681-692.

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Kataoka-Yahiro MR, Davis J, Rhee CM, Wong L, Hayashida G. Racial/Ethnic Differences in Early Detection and Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease Among Adults in Hawaii: A 10-Year Population Health Study. Prev Chronic Dis. 2020 08 20; 17:E84.

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Felicilda-Reynaldo RFD, Choi SY, Driscoll SD, Albright CL. A National Survey of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use for Treatment Among Asian-Americans. J Immigr Minor Health. 2020 Aug; 22(4):762-770.

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