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MeSH Heading: Black or African American
Tree Number(s): M01.270.500; M01.686.372.500; M01.686.477.625.594.594
Unique ID: D001741
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001741
Scope Note: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of 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 Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.
Entry Term(s): African American; African Americans; African-American; African-Americans; Afro-American; Afro-Americans; Black Americans; Blacks; Negro; Negroes
Public MeSH Note: 2023; see NEGROES 1963-1975, BLACKS 1976-2003, AFRICAN AMERICANS 2004-2022
History Note: 2023; use NEGROES 1963-1975, BLACKS 1976-2003, AFRICAN AMERICANS 2004-2022
Date Established: 1976/01/01
Date of Entry: 1975/07/25
Revision Date: 2022/08/03

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

education (ED)

ethnology (EH)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Concept UI: M0002626
Scope Note: Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa, who identifies as having African ancestry.
Terms: African Americans Preferred Term
Term UI T005071
Date04/29/1991
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); African American
Term UI T000996096
Date11/13/2019
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Afro-American
Term UI T001005326
Date01/14/2020
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Afro-Americans
Term UI T001005328
Date01/14/2020
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); African-Americans
Term UI T000942750
Date05/08/2018
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); African-American
Term UI T000996802
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Black or African American MeSH Descriptor Data 2023