"Asian Americans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent.
Descriptor ID |
D001213
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MeSH Number(s) |
M01.686.508.200.100 M01.686.754.225
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Concept/Terms |
Vietnamese Americans- Vietnamese Americans
- American, Vietnamese
- Americans, Vietnamese
- Vietnamese American
Cambodian Americans- Cambodian Americans
- American, Cambodian
- Americans, Cambodian
- Cambodian American
Korean Americans- Korean Americans
- American, Korean
- Americans, Korean
- Korean American
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asian Americans" by people in Profiles.
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Sangaramoorthy M, Yang J, DeRouen MC, Ho C, Somsouk M, Tana MM, Thompson CA, Gibbons J, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S. Disparities in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence in California: An Update. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 01; 29(1):79-87.
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Thompson CA, Gomez SL, Hastings KG, Kapphahn K, Yu P, Shariff-Marco S, Bhatt AS, Wakelee HA, Patel MI, Cullen MR, Palaniappan LP. The Burden of Cancer in Asian Americans: A Report of National Mortality Trends by Asian Ethnicity. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016 10; 25(10):1371-1382.
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Chan JK, Gardner AB, Taylor K, Blansit K, Thompson CA, Brooks R, Yu X, Kapp DS. The centralization of robotic surgery in high-volume centers for endometrial cancer patients--a study of 6560 cases in the U.S. Gynecol Oncol. 2015 Jul; 138(1):128-32.
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Hastings KG, Jose PO, Kapphahn KI, Frank AT, Goldstein BA, Thompson CA, Eggleston K, Cullen MR, Palaniappan LP. Leading Causes of Death among Asian American Subgroups (2003-2011). PLoS One. 2015; 10(4):e0124341.
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Thompson CA, Gomez SL, Chan A, Chan JK, McClellan SR, Chung S, Olson C, Nimbal V, Palaniappan LP. Patient and provider characteristics associated with colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer screening among Asian Americans. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Nov; 23(11):2208-17.