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Descriptor English: White
Descriptor Spanish: Blanco
Descriptor blanco
Entry term(s) blancos
Scope note: Persona con orígenes en cualquiera de los grupos de raza blanca de Europa, Oriente Medio y África del Norte (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). En los Estados Unidos se utiliza para la clasificación de los datos del gobierno federal sobre la raza y la etnia. Los términos de raza y etnia, tal como los usa el gobierno federal, son constructos sociales autoidentificados y pueden incluir términos poblacionales obsoletos y ofensivos en el MeSH para ayudar a los usuarios interesados en obtener resultados de búsquedas exhaustivas para estudios tales como estudios longitudinales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Brancos
Descriptor French: Blanc
Entry term(s): Whites
Tree number(s): M01.686.477.625.594.812
M01.686.877.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000095223
Scope note: A person having origins in any of the white racial groups of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
EH ethnology
GE genetics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Public MeSH Note: 2023; see CAUCASIAN RACE 1963-1977, WHITES 1978-2003, CAUCASOID RACE 1978-2003, EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP 2004-2021, WHTIES 2022
History Note: 2023; use CAUCASIAN RACE 1963-1977, WHITES 1978-2003, CAUCASOID RACE 1978-2003, EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP 2004-2021, WHTIES 2022
DeCS ID: 60337
Unique ID: D000095223
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Date Established: 2023/01/01
Date of Entry: 2022/07/14
Revision Date: 2022/07/14
White - Preferred
Concept UI M000757641
Scope note A person having origins in any of the white racial groups of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.
Preferred term White
Entry term(s) Whites



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