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Descriptor English: Ethnicity
Descriptor Spanish: Etnicidad
Descriptor etnicidad
Entry term(s) etnia
etnias
grupos étnicos
identidad cultural
identidad étnica
nacionalidad
nacionalidades
patria étnica
Scope note: Grupo de personas con una herencia cultural común que las distingue de otras en diversas relaciones sociales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Etnicidade
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Ethnic Group
Ethnic Groups
Nationalities
Nationality
Tree number(s): M01.686.754
N01.224.317
SP3.522.561.162.267
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005006
Scope note: A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.
Annotation: do not confuse ethnicity with CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
GE genetics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Ethnology (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 2022; see ETHNOLOGY 1966-1967, see ETHNIC GROUPS 1968-2021
History Note: 2022(1968)
DeCS ID: 23904
Unique ID: D005006
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30
Ethnicity - Preferred
Concept UI M0007876
Scope note A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.
Preferred term Ethnicity
Nationality - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0007877
Scope note Status as a native or naturalized person who owes allegiance to a government and is entitled to its protection.
Preferred term Nationality
Entry term(s) Nationalities
Ethnic Groups - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000750116
Preferred term Ethnic Groups
Entry term(s) Ethnic Group



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