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 346 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 29 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
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	7	6	13
2005	13	8	21
2006	6	2	8
2007	6	7	13
2008	7	12	19
2009	5	4	9
2010	7	7	14
2011	15	10	25
2012	8	17	25
2013	17	9	26
2014	13	16	29
2015	12	13	25
2016	8	6	14
2017	9	10	19
2018	13	8	21
2019	6	5	11
2020	4	10	14
2021	5	8	13
2022	1	3	4

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

Nakagawa K, Chen R, Greenberg SM, Ross GW, Willcox BJ, Donlon TA, Allsopp RC, Willcox DC, Morris BJ, Masaki KH. Forkhead box O3 longevity genotype may attenuate the impact of hypertension on risk of intracerebral haemorrhage. J Hypertens. 2022 11 01; 40(11):2230-2235.

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Lee YJ, Kim SB. Standing against Anti-Asian Racism in America. Health Soc Work. 2022 07 13; 47(3):157-159.

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Borrello K, Lim U, Park SY, Monroe KR, Maskarinec G, Boushey CJ, Wilkens LR, Randolph TW, Le Marchand L, Hullar MA, Lampe JW. Dietary Intake Mediates Ethnic Differences in Gut Microbial Composition. Nutrients. 2022 Feb 04; 14(3).

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DeRouen MC, Canchola AJ, Thompson CA, Jin A, Nie S, Wong C, Lichtensztajn D, Allen L, Patel MI, Daida YG, Luft HS, Shariff-Marco S, Reynolds P, Wakelee HA, Liang SY, Waitzfelder BE, Cheng I, Gomez SL. Incidence of Lung Cancer Among Never-Smoking Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Females. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022 01 11; 114(1):78-86.

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Sangaramoorthy M, Yang J, Guan A, DeRouen MC, Tana MM, Somsouk M, Thompson CA, Gibbons J, Ho C, Chu JN, Cheng I, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S. Asian American/Pacific Islander and Hispanic Ethnic Enclaves, Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence in California: An Update. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 02; 31(2):382-392.

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Raquinio PASH, Maskarinec G, Dela Cruz R, Setiawan VW, Kristal BS, Wilkens LR, Le Marchand L. Type 2 Diabetes Among Filipino American Adults in the Multiethnic Cohort. Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 11 24; 18:E98.

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Tripathi O, He Y, Han BY, Paragas DG, Sharp N, Dan S, Srinivasan M, Palaniappan LP, Thompson CA. Cancer Mortality in U.S.-Born versus Foreign-Born Asian American Groups (2008-2017). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 01; 31(1):58-65.

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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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Kim SB, Lee YJ. Factors Associated with Mental Health Help-Seeking Among Asian Americans: a Systematic Review. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2022 08; 9(4):1276-1297.

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