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Descriptor English: Indians, Central American
Descriptor Spanish: Indios Centroamericanos
Descriptor indios centroamericanos
Entry term(s) amerindios de América Central
indios de Centroamérica
Scope note: Miembros de poblaciones indígenas de Centroamérica que tienen un origen previo al contacto colonial.
Descriptor Portuguese: Índios Centro-Americanos
Descriptor French: Indien Amérique Centrale
Entry term(s): American Amerind, Central
American Amerinds, Central
American Indian, Central
American Indians, Central
Amerind, Central American
Amerinds, Central American
Central American Amerind
Central American Amerinds
Central American Indian
Central American Indians
Indian, Central American
Tree number(s): M01.270.968.500.575
M01.686.429.500
M01.686.477.250.575
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007197
Scope note: Members of indigenous Central American populations with pre-colonial contact origins.
Annotation: specify geographic location if possible; not for Indians of Mexico ( = INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN + MEXICO)
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
EH ethnology
GE genetics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Indians, South American (1966-1977)
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
DeCS ID: 23912
Unique ID: D007197
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/05/13
Revision Date: 2020/06/30
Indians, Central American - Preferred
Concept UI M0011217
Scope note Members of indigenous Central American populations with pre-colonial contact origins.
Preferred term Indians, Central American
Entry term(s) American Amerind, Central
American Amerinds, Central
American Indian, Central
American Indians, Central
Amerind, Central American
Amerinds, Central American
Central American Amerind
Central American Amerinds
Central American Indian
Central American Indians
Indian, Central American



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