"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.686.508.200.100 M01.686.754.225
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| Concept/Terms |
Vietnamese Americans- Vietnamese Americans
- American, Vietnamese
- Americans, Vietnamese
- Vietnamese American
Cambodian Americans- Cambodian Americans
- American, Cambodian
- Americans, Cambodian
- Cambodian American
Korean Americans- Korean Americans
- American, Korean
- Americans, Korean
- Korean American
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