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Descriptor English: Mexican Americans
Descriptor Spanish: Americanos Mexicanos
Descriptor estadounidenses mexicanos
Entry term(s) americanos mejicanos
americanos mexicanos
chicanos
Scope note: Personas de ascendencia mexicana que viven en los Estados Unidos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Americanos Mexicanos
Descriptor French: Américain origine mexicaine
Entry term(s): American, Mexican
Americans, Mexican
Chicana
Chicanas
Chicano
Chicanos
Mexican American
Tree number(s): M01.270.953.250
M01.686.477.625.188.441.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017058
Scope note: Persons living in the United States of Mexican descent.
Annotation: specify geog if relevant
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
GE genetics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Hispanic Americans (1977-1991)
Mexico/ethnology (1978-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92; was see HISPANIC AMERICANS 1978-91; CHICANOS was see HISPANIC AMERICANS 1990-91
Online Note: use HISPANIC AMERICANS to search MEXICAN AMERICANS 1978-91 & CHICANOS 1990-91
History Note: 92; was see HISPANIC AMERICANS 1978-91; CHICANOS was see HISPANIC AMERICANS 1990-91
DeCS ID: 29972
Unique ID: D017058
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/06/20
Revision Date: 2016/07/04
Mexican Americans - Preferred
Concept UI M0025925
Scope note Persons living in the United States of Mexican descent.
Preferred term Mexican Americans
Entry term(s) American, Mexican
Americans, Mexican
Chicana
Chicanas
Chicano
Chicanos
Mexican American



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