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

Preferred term

Blacks  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black." Historically, a group distinguished by classification according to physical features and origins in the western, central, and southern parts of Africa. Individuals whose ancestral origins are in the continent of Africa.

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Entry terms

  • Negro
  • Negroes

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TTQ9LL9G-B

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