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Descriptor English: Black or African American
Descriptor Spanish: Negro o Afroamericano
Descriptor negro o afroamericano
Entry term(s) afroamericano
afroamericanos
estadounidenses negros
negro
negros
negros o afroamericanos
Scope note: Persona con orígenes en cualquiera de los grupos de raza negra de África (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). En los Estados Unidos se utiliza para la clasificación de los datos del gobierno federal sobre la raza y la etnia. Los términos de raza y etnia son constructos sociales autoidentificados y pueden incluir términos obsoletos y ofensivos en el MeSH para ayudar a los usuarios que estén interesados en obtener resultados de búsquedas exhaustivas para estudios tales como estudios longitudinales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Negro ou Afro-Americano
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): African American
African Americans
African-American
African-Americans
Afro Americans
Afro-American
American, Black
Black American
Black Americans
Blacks
Negro
Negroes
Tree number(s): M01.270.500
M01.686.372.500
M01.686.477.625.594.594
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001741
Scope note: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa (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 Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.
Annotation: use only for the United States population groups. BLACK PEOPLE is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
EH ethnology
GE genetics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Public MeSH Note: 2023; see NEGROES 1963-1975, BLACKS 1976-2003, AFRICAN AMERICANS 2004-2022
History Note: 2023; use NEGROES 1963-1975, BLACKS 1976-2003, AFRICAN AMERICANS 2004-2022
DeCS ID: 1766
Unique ID: D001741
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1976/01/01
Date of Entry: 1975/07/25
Revision Date: 2022/08/03
Black or African American - Preferred
Concept UI M000757637
Scope note A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa (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.
Preferred term Black or African American
African Americans - Preferred
Concept UI M0002626
Scope note Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa, who identifies as having African ancestry.
Preferred term African Americans
Entry term(s) African American
African-American
African-Americans
Afro Americans
Afro-American
Black Americans - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000757636
Preferred term Black Americans
Entry term(s) American, Black
Black American
Blacks
Negroes - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000757646
Preferred term Negroes
Entry term(s) Negro



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