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Descriptor English: Ethnic and Racial Minorities
Descriptor Spanish: Minorías Étnicas y Raciales
Descriptor minorías étnicas y raciales
Entry term(s) minorías raciales
minorías étnicas
Descriptor Portuguese: Minorias Étnicas e Raciais
Descriptor French: Minorités ethniques et raciales
Entry term(s): Ethnic Minorities
Ethnic Minority
Minorities, Ethnic
Minorities, Racial
Minority, Ethnic
Minority, Racial
Racial Minorities
Racial Minority
Tree number(s): I01.880.853.125
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000091762
Scope note: Socially constructed groups of people who differ in race, color or national, religious, or cultural origin from the dominant group and is often the majority population of the country in which they live. Ethnic minority groups generally share a common sense of identity and common characteristics such as language, religion, tribe, nationality, race, or a combination thereof.
Annotation: coordinate with specific ethnic group or racial group if pertinent; for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Public MeSH Note: 2022
History Note: 2022
DeCS ID: 59899
Unique ID: D000091762
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/07/07
Ethnic and Racial Minorities - Preferred
Concept UI M000750125
Scope note Socially constructed groups of people who differ in race, color or national, religious, or cultural origin from the dominant group and is often the majority population of the country in which they live. Ethnic minority groups generally share a common sense of identity and common characteristics such as language, religion, tribe, nationality, race, or a combination thereof.
Preferred term Ethnic and Racial Minorities
Ethnic Minorities - Narrower
Concept UI M000750126
Preferred term Ethnic Minorities
Entry term(s) Ethnic Minority
Minorities, Ethnic
Minority, Ethnic
Racial Minorities - Narrower
Concept UI M000750127
Scope note Groups defined by social constructs.
Preferred term Racial Minorities
Entry term(s) Minorities, Racial
Minority, Racial
Racial Minority



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