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Persons > Population Groups > Racial Groups > Asians
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Demography > Population Groups > Racial Groups > Asians
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > Racial Groups > Asians
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > Racial Groups > Asians
... > Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Population Groups > Racial Groups > Asians

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Asians  

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  • A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. Individuals whose ancestral origins are in the southeastern and eastern areas of the Asian continent. A major population group distinguished by classification according to physical features. This group centers around the Asian Pacific Ocean.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PMBMSG4K-R

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