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Descriptor English: Amish
Descriptor Spanish: Amish
Descriptor amish
Scope note: Grupo étnico que comparte las creencias religiosas del PROTESTANTISMO. Se originaron en Suiza a finales de 1600, y primero migraron a la región media del Atlántico y actualmente viven en todo el este y oeste medio de los Estados Unidos y en otros países. Las comunidades suelen estar muy unidas y las uniones matrimoniales se realizan dentro de la comunidad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Amish
Descriptor French: Amish
Tree number(s): M01.270.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D061365
Scope note: An ethnic group with shared religious beliefs in PROTESTANTISM. Originating in Switzerland in the late 1600s, and first migrating to the mid-Atlantic, they now live throughout Eastern and Mid-Western United States and elsewhere. Communities are usually close-knit and marriage is within the community.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
GE genetics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Ethnic Groups (1968-2011)
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
DeCS ID: 54842
Unique ID: D061365
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Revision Date: 2016/07/01
Amish - Preferred
Concept UI M0557097
Scope note An ethnic group with shared religious beliefs in PROTESTANTISM. Originating in Switzerland in the late 1600s, and first migrating to the mid-Atlantic, they now live throughout Eastern and Mid-Western United States and elsewhere. Communities are usually close-knit and marriage is within the community.
Preferred term Amish



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